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CVE-2001-0834

CVE information

Published

22 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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Description

htsearch CGI program in htdig (ht://Dig) 3.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to use the -c option to specify an alternate configuration file, which could be used to (1) cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by specifying a large file such as /dev/zero, or (2) read arbitrary files by uploading an alternate configuration file that specifies the target file..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.4/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
4.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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