UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7298

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.
Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7298
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7298.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7298
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:57Z
Published
2014-01-26T20:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:31:31.957004Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

query_params.cpp in cxxtools before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and crash) via an HTTP query that contains %% (double percent) characters.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / cxxtools

Package

Name
cxxtools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cxxtools@2.2.1-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.1-1

Affected versions

2.*
2.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcxxtools-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcxxtools9",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7298.json"