Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1169
CVE-2002-1169
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: >=3.6, <4.0.1.26
Patches
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References
5- www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0007.txtnvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10452.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wssnvd
- www.osvdb.org/2090nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6002nvd
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