CVE-2017-5850

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5850
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-27 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Descriptionhttpd in OpenBSD allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of requests for a large file using an HTTP Range header.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-770 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: src' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
OpenBSD HTTPd < 6.0 - Memory Exhaustion Denial of Service - OpenBSD dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Full Disclosure: Remote DoS against OpenBSD http server (up to 6.0) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2017-5850 - Remote DoS against OpenBSD http server (up to 6.0) - IT Security Research by Pierre af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pierrekim.github.io Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.9/common/034_httpd.patch.sig af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.openbsd.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD httpd CVE-2017-5850 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE requests: OpenBSD httpd - 2 DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
OpenBSD HTTP Server 6.0 Denial Of Service ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/017_httpd.patch.sig af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.openbsd.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD httpd Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Reimplement httpd's support for byte ranges. · openbsd/src@142cfc8 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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