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CVE-2001-1496 (GCVE-0-2001-1496)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-06-21 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:58
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241310 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241953 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3562 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2001-11-20 00:00
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