CVE-2005-3183

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3183
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-12 22:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe HTBoundary_put_block function in HTBound.c for W3C libwww (w3c-libwww) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted multipart/byteranges MIME message that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application W3c Libwww All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
159597 – CAN-2005-3183 Multiple bugs in libwww - one exploitable - in Library/src/HTBound.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
USN-220-1: w3c-libwww vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for w3c-libwww - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for w3c-libwww af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - W3C Libwww Multipart MIME Data Handling Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux OS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9445 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - SCO OpenServer Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
W3C Libwww Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for w3c-libwww af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-09-07Mark J CoxRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170518 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3 which are in maintenance mode.
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