CVE-2004-2496 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The HTTP daemon in OpenText FirstClass 7.1 and 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service availability loss) via a large number of POST requests to /Search.

Published: 2005-10-25

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 7.5% 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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:opentext:opentext_firstclass:7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:opentext:opentext_firstclass:8.0:::::::*

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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-2004-2487	The HTTP daemon in OpenText FirstClass 7.1 and 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service availability loss) via a large number of POST requests to /Search.

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 Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07508.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-12/0321.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13415
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012478
http://www.osvdb.org/12350
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11877
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18424

History

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Subscriptions

Opentext Opentext Firstclass

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:13.629Z

Reserved: 2005-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2496

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-2496

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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