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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2012-4435

Medium
4/10

Summary

fwknop before 2.0.3 does not properly validate IP addresses, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a long IP address.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • SINGLE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published