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CVE-2001-0834

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/12/2001
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

htsearch 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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.1.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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