CVE-2001-1496 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Off-by-one buffer overflow in Basic Authentication in Acme Labs thttpd 1.95 through 2.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Acme	Thttpd

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:acme:thttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241310
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241953
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3562
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7595

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-21T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.389Z

Reserved: 2005-06-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-1496

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-1496

Redhat

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