CVE-2018-16789
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16789
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16789.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16789
- Related
- Published
- 2019-03-21T16:00:22Z
- Modified
- 2025-01-08T10:17:48.819520Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
libhttp/url.c in shellinabox through 2.20 has an implementation flaw in the HTTP request parsing logic. By sending a crafted multipart/form-data HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this to force shellinaboxd into an infinite loop, exhausting available CPU resources and taking the service down.
- References
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50
- https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361
- https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16789
Affected packages
Debian:11 / shellinabox
Package
- Name
- shellinabox
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/shellinabox?arch=source
Debian:12 / shellinabox
Package
- Name
- shellinabox
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/shellinabox?arch=source
Debian:13 / shellinabox
Package
- Name
- shellinabox
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/shellinabox?arch=source