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7.5high

CVE-2017-5850in critical feed1 exploit

httpd in OpenBSD allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of requests for a large file using…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
17.2%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

httpd in OpenBSD allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of requests for a large file using an HTTP Range header.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

17.20% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-41278 OpenBSD HTTPd < 6.0 - Memory Exhaustion Denial of Service · dos · 2017-02-07

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.07.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/6 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • pierrekim.github.io /blog/2017-02-07-openbsd-httpd-CVE-2017-5850.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/95997 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • github.com /openbsd/src/commit/142cfc82b932bc211218fbd7bdda8c7ce83f19df · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/41278/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037758 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=openbsd-cvs&m=148587359420912&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • ftp.openbsd.org /pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.9/common/034_httpd.patch.sig · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ftp.openbsd.org /pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/017_httpd.patch.sig · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/15 · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/140944/OpenBSD-HTTP-Server-6.0-Denial-Of-Service.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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