CVE-2014-5015

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-5015
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-24 14:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionbozotic HTTP server (aka bozohttpd) before 20140708, as used in NetBSD, truncates paths when checking .htpasswd restrictions, which allows remote attackers to bypass the HTTP authentication scheme and access restrictions via a long path.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 19990519 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20000421 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20000426 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20000427 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20000815 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20000825 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20010610 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20010812 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20010922 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20020710 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20020730 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20020803 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20020804 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20020823 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20020913 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20021106 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20030313 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20030409 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20030626 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20031005 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20040218 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20040808 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20050410 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20060517 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20060710 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20080303 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20090417 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20090522 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20100509 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20100512 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20100617 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20100621 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20100920 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20111118 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd 20140102 All All All
Application Eterna Bozohttpd All All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 5.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 5.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.eterna.com.au/bozohttpd/CHANGES af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.eterna.com.au
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
bozohttpd 'snprintf()' Function Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: bozohttpd: basic http authentication bypass af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
www.osvdb.org/109283 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2014-007.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org Vendor Advisory
bozotic HTTP server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.eterna.com.au Patch
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