Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50
- https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361
- https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.