Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-16789
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.007
EPSS Ranking 70.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 7.8
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50
- https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues
- https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50
- https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues
- https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361
Products affected by CVE-2018-16789
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.1-1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.10-1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.12
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.13
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.14
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.15
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.16
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.17
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.18
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.19
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.2-1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.20
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.3-1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.4-1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.5-1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.6-1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.7-1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.8-1
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:2.9-1