CVE-2001-0834

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0834
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-12-06 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionhtsearch 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Conectiva Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Application Htdig Htdig All All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
MandrakeSoft Update Advisory MDKSA-2001:083 : htdig af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-080-1 htdig af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ht://Dig / Bugs / #64 Security: "-c" parameter to htsearch CGI af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Xinuos Inc. | Support | Security | Advisories | Document Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.calderasystems.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ht://Dig Remote Denial of Service/File Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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