# CVE-2017-5867: Denial of service in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can cause server hangs and log flooding by uploading a malicious one-bit BMP file, requiring an upgrade to fix.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Mar 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c55h-wf6p-3pcp

## What is CVE-2017-5867?

CVE-2017-5867 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Owncloud Owncloud, published on 3 Mar 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ownCloud Server before 8.1.11, 8.2.x before 8.2.9, 9.0.x before 9.0.7, and 9.1.x before 9.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server hang and logfile flooding) via a one bit BMP file.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5867?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Owncloud Owncloud.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-5867?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5867 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-5867 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5867 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2015-4718](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4718/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5867 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-5867 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Owncloud Owncloud, published on 3 Mar 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5867 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Owncloud Owncloud. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5867/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5867/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5867
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5867
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5867

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5867/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.