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IBM Tivoli SecureWay WebSEAL Proxy Policy Director Encoded URL DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11089

Synopsis

The remote service is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.

Description

The remote web server crashes when an URL ending with %2E is requested.

An attacker may use this flaw to cause the server crash continually.

Solution

Upgrade to IBM Tivoli SecureWay Policy Director 3.9 or later.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Apr/234

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11089

File Name: webseal_DoS.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/18/2002

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: www/ASP

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-1191

BID: 3685