ALT-PU-2021-1143-1
Package shellinabox updated to version 2.20-alt2 for branch p9 in task 265095.
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2019-03-21
Modified: 2024-11-21
Modified: 2024-11-21
CVE-2018-16789
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.
Severity: HIGH (7.5)
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References:
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50
- https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues
- https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues
- https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361
- https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361