CVE-2001-0460 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Websweeper 4.0 does not limit the length of certain HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via an extremely large HTTP Referrer: header.

Published: 2001-05-24

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:baltimore_technologies:websweeper:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0456	Websweeper 4.0 does not limit the length of certain HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via an extremely large HTTP Referrer: header.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.03387.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/167406
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6214

History

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Subscriptions

Baltimore Technologies Websweeper

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-24T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:38.599Z

Reserved: 2001-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0460

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-06-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0460

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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