High severity · published Mar 17, 2019
CVE-2018-16789
libhttp/url.c in shellinabox through 2.20 has an implementation flaw in the HTTP request parsing logic
7.5
CVSS
6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.0% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SH
Shellinabox · Shellinabox Project
through 2.20 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16789
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16789
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50
Third Party Advisory
https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues
Patch
https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361
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