CVE-2002-2429 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

webs.c in GoAhead WebServer before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an HTTP POST request that contains a negative integer in the Content-Length header.

Published: 2009-02-06

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:goahead:goahead_webserver::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:goahead:goahead_webserver:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:goahead:goahead_webserver:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:goahead:goahead_webserver:2.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:goahead:goahead_webserver:2.1.2:::::::*

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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-2002-2407	webs.c in GoAhead WebServer before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an HTTP POST request that contains a negative integer in the Content-Length 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 0.00436.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#fixed-vulnerability-to-malicious-code-in-webs-c

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Goahead Goahead Webserver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-02-06T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:19:07.175Z

Reserved: 2009-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2429

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-02-06T19:30:00.327

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2002-2429

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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