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Name
CVE-2018-16789
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
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.
CWEs
CWE-835
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-
Advisories
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.htmlExploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50Exploit
https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issuesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361Patch
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.htmlExploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50Exploit
https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issuesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361Patch

Analysis#

Affected Component
Analysis
shellinabox
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#

7.5
other
7.8
CVSSv2

Others affected component#

Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
shellinabox
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.20
Patched

Resolved with patches#

shellinabox (buildroot:2025.02.x)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
fix for broken multipart/form-data
irsl <irsl@users.noreply.github.com>
CVE-2018-16789

shellinabox (buildroot:master)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
fix for broken multipart/form-data
irsl <irsl@users.noreply.github.com>
CVE-2018-16789