PUBLISHED DATE: November 4, 2002CVE-2002-1169:
Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description

IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server 3.6 and 4.x before 4.0.1.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request to helpout.exe with a missing HTTP version number, which causes ibmproxy.exe to crash.

Products

• IBM WebSphere Caching Proxy Server 3.6
• IBM WebSphere Caching Proxy Server 4.0

Questions to Ask Vendors

1. Can you confirm whether your systems are affected by CVE-2002-1169, and if so, what steps are you currently taking to mitigate this vulnerability?
2. What is your estimated timeline for fully resolving CVE-2002-1169 in your products or services, and how will you communicate updates on this issue to us as your customer?

Recommended Actions

• Check out the advisory links provided below.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1169