CVE-2005-3183 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted MIME messages in the W3C libwww library, affecting applications using this component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-3183?
CVE-2005-3183 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The HTBoundary_put_block function in HTBound.c for W3C libwww (w3c-libwww) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted multipart/byteranges MIME message that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3183?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (16)
w3c-libwww Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-apps Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-apps Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-apps Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-apps Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
w3c-libwww-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2 |
Products include W3c Libwww.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3183?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-3183 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3183 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q27h-3894-69mg, RHSA-2007:0208.