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Status published
High
CVE-2005-4270
Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP 401 response with a WWW-Authenticate header containing a long Realm field.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15873
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18013
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419586/100/0/threaded
- http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Advisory_AppScanQA_RemoteCodeExec.pdf
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015362
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/260
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2933
Affected Vendor
watchfire
View all reports →Affected Software
appscan qa
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0.134, 5.0.609
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 15th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.