First published: Sat Dec 31 2005(Updated: )
The listening daemon in Blue Coat Systems Inc. WinProxy before 6.1a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP request that causes an out-of-bounds read.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Bluecoat Winproxy | =6.0 |
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CVE-2005-3187 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause a denial of service.
To fix CVE-2005-3187, update WinProxy to version 6.1a or later.
CVE-2005-3187 allows remote attackers to crash the listening daemon via a long HTTP request.
CVE-2005-3187 affects WinProxy versions prior to 6.1a.
Exploiting CVE-2005-3187 can lead to a denial of service situation, affecting the availability of the service.