CVE-2002-1169 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server versions 3.6 and 4.x prior to 4.0.1.26. Remote attackers can crash the ibmproxy.exe process by sending a malformed HTTP request to helpout.exe, specifically one missing an HTTP version number. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. While no active exploitation or Metasploit modules are reported, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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