CVE-2012-5640

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5640
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-25 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-04 16:18:00 UTC
Descriptionthttpd has a local DoS vulnerability via specially-crafted .htpasswd files

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Acme Thttpd - All All All
Application Acme Thttpd - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: thttpd: Denial of Service (App. crash, local) MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2012-5640 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
887449 – (CVE-2012-5640) CVE-2012-5640 thttpd: Denial of Service when using glibc, crypt() can return NULL MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Broken Link
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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