CVE-2018-16789
HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.0%
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.
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - EPSS
- 5.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 93rd percentile
- Published
- 2019-03-17
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50
Security advisories
- https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues
- shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361