CVE-2018-16789

libhttp/url.c in shellinabox through 2.20 has an implementation flaw in the HTTP request parsing logic

published March 17, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
6%
Percentile
93.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05986 · 93.3th percentile
Published
2019-03-17T18:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 MAR 18:36Z
    libhttp/url.c in shellinabox through 2.20 has an implementation flaw in the HTTP request parsing logic
    cvelistv5