CVE-2006-5801 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash the owserver module in owfs and owhttpd by exploiting improper path type checks, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5801?
CVE-2006-5801 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Nov 2006. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The owserver module in owfs and owhttpd 2.5p5 and earlier does not properly check the path type, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) related to use of the path in owshell.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5801?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Owfs Owfs.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5801?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5801 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2006-5801 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5801 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c94h-pcpm-wp5x.