CVE-2018-16789

HIGH

shellinabox <2.20 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0063
EPSS Percentile 70.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (1)
shellinabox_project/shellinabox < 2.20
Published Mar 21, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026