CVE-2005-4270

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4270
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-15 20:11:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP 401 response with a WWW-Authenticate header containing a long Realm field.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Watchfire Appscan Qa 5.0.134 All All All
Application Watchfire Appscan Qa 5.0.609 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Advisory_AppScanQA_RemoteCodeExec.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cybsec.com Exploit
Secunia - Advisories - AppScan QA HTTP Response Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Watchfire AppScan Buffer Overflow in Processing HTTP 401 Response Messages Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Watchfire AppScan QA Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
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