CVE-2004-1973

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Published May 10, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

DiGi Web Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP GET request that contains a large number of / (slash) characters, which consumes resources when DiGi converts the slashes to \ (backslash) characters.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:digi:www_server:compieuw:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:digi:www_server:compieuw:beta1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:digi:www_server:compieuw:beta2::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.8% (3.840% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108311170018203&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11490
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Apr/1009957.html
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=234261
http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/DiGiWwwServerC1-adv.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/5702
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10228
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15987

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Digi Www Server

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:07 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 10, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:07 AM
Reserved: May 4, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 27, 2004, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

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