Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apple Personal Web Sharing
CVE-2001-1575

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Apple

Vendor
CVE Published:
31 December 2001

What is CVE-2001-1575?

Apple Personal Web Sharing versions 1.1, 1.5, and 1.5.5 have a vulnerability that permits remote attackers to initiate a denial of service condition when Web Sharing authentication is enabled. This is achieved by exploiting a buffer overflow through the submission of excessively long passwords, potentially disrupting the service and causing significant downtime.

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Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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