CVE-2005-3756 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Mini Search Appliance, and possibly Google Search Appliance, allows remote attackers to port scan arbitrary hosts via URLs with modified targets and ports, then comparing the resulting error messages to determine open and closed ports.

Published: 2005-11-22

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:google:mini_search_appliance::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:google:search_appliance::::::::

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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-2005-3751	Google Mini Search Appliance, and possibly Google Search Appliance, allows remote attackers to port scan arbitrary hosts via URLs with modified targets and ports, then comparing the resulting error messages to determine open and closed ports.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00763.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://metasploit.com/research/vulns/google_proxystylesheet/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17644
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015246
http://www.osvdb.org/20979
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417310/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15509
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2500

History

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Subscriptions

Google Mini Search Appliance Search Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-22T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:24:36.162Z

Reserved: 2005-11-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3756

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-22T21:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-3756

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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