Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 15, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-4270

Description

Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP 401 response with a WWW-Authenticate header containing a long Realm field.

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Affected products

Watchfire/Appscan3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:watchfire:appscan_qa:5.0.134:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:watchfire:appscan_qa:5.0.134:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:watchfire:appscan_qa:5.0.609:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.0.609, 5.0.134

Patches

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References

www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Advisory_AppScanQA_RemoteCodeExec.pdfnvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/bid/15873nvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/18013nvd
securityreason.com/securityalert/260nvd
securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419586/100/0/threadednvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2933nvd

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