CVE-2004-2519 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Gattaca Server 2003 1.1.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via directory specifiers in the LANGUAGE parameter to (1) index.tmpl and (2) web.tmpl, such as (a) slash "/", (b) backslash "\", (c) dot ".",, (d) dot dot "..", and (e) internal slash "lang//en".
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.03% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| geeos team | gattaca server 2003 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Gattaca Server 2003 - 'web.tmpl?Language' CPU Consumption (Denial of Service) | 2004-07-15 |
References
- http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Gattaca%20Server%202003.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12071
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010703
- http://www.gattaca-server.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=gattaca_discussion%3Baction=display%3Bnum=1091194176%3Bstart=0#0
- http://www.osvdb.org/7923
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10728
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16700
- http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Gattaca%20Server%202003.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12071
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010703
- http://www.gattaca-server.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=gattaca_discussion%3Baction=display%3Bnum=1091194176%3Bstart=0#0
- http://www.osvdb.org/7923
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10728
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16700
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