CVE-2018-16789
Shell In A Box 2.2.0 Denial Of Service
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
2Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
libhttp/url.c in shellinabox through 2.20 has an implementation flaw in the HTTP request parsing logic. By sending a crafted multipart/form-data HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this to force shellinaboxd into an infinite loop, exhausting available CPU resources and taking the service down.
libhttp/url.c en shellinabox, hasta la versión 2.20, tiene un error de implementación en la lógica de análisis de peticiones HTTP. Mediante el envío de una petición HTTP multipart/form-data manipulada, un atacante podría explotar esto para forzar a shellinaboxd a entrar en un bucle infinito, agotando los recursos de la CPU disponibles y provocando la caída del servicio.
Shell In A Box versions 2.2.0 and below suffer from an infinite loop denial of service vulnerability.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2018-09-09 CVE Reserved
- 2018-10-27 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-05 First Exploit
- 2024-08-07 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CAPEC
References (4)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html | 2024-08-05 | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50 | 2024-08-05 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361 | 2020-08-24 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Shellinabox Project Search vendor "Shellinabox Project" | Shellinabox Search vendor "Shellinabox Project" for product "Shellinabox" | <= 2.20 Search vendor "Shellinabox Project" for product "Shellinabox" and version " <= 2.20" | - |
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