Vulnerability in Conectiva Linux
CVE-2001-0834
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.
EPSS: 0.026 (84.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Conectiva Linux — versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
- Htdig
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 2.2
- Suse Suse_linux — versions 6.3, 6.4, 7.0
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_DEBIAN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CALDERA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_CONECTIVA, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)