7.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2018-16789

Published: 21/03/2019 Updated: 24/08/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 694
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

libhttp/url.c in shellinabox up to and including 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.

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<!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> Full Disclosure mailing list archives <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> By Date By Thread </form> <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> CVE-2018-16789: denial of service in shellinabox <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> From: Imre Rad ...