CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3654

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in Blue Coat Systems WinProxy before version 6.1a allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a large number of packets containing 0xFF characters to the Telnet port (TCP 23), which corrupts the heap.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes service disruption of the proxy and potential system compromise by the attacker, which may lead to data loss or further network attacks.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade WinProxy to version 6.1a or later, which addresses this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Blue Coat Systems Inc. WinProxy before 6.1a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of packets with 0xFF characters to the Telnet port (TCP 23), which corrupts the heap.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS