CVE-2004-0245 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Web Crossing 4.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a HTTP POST request with a large or negative Content-Length, which causes an integer divide-by-zero.

Published: 2004-03-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.2% Low

KEV: No

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:web_crossing_inc:web_crossing:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:web_crossing_inc:web_crossing:5.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0245	Web Crossing 4.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a HTTP POST request with a large or negative Content-Length, which causes an integer divide-by-zero.

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 Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03158.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107586518120516&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9576
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15022

History

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Subscriptions

Web Crossing Inc Web Crossing

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-03-18T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.825Z

Reserved: 2004-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0245

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-11-23T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:05:14.780

Link: CVE-2004-0245

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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