CVE-2001-0747 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.1, specifically service packs 3 through 7. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a crafted HTTP request with an excessively long method name. This flaw carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity and no authentication, potentially leading to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. While there are no known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.