CVE-2001-0460 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Websweeper 4.0 does not limit the length of certain HTTP hea)
Websweeper 4.0 does not limit the length of certain HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via an extremely large HTTP Referrer: header.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0460 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-06-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Websweeper 4.0 does not limit the length of certain HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via an extremely large HTTP Referrer: header. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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