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CVE-2008-0406 (GCVE-0-2008-0406)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-01-28 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:46
VLAI
Summary
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c, when account names are used as log filenames, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long account name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27423 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3581 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486873/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-log.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/28631 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-01-23 00:00
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