CVE-2019-17502 Null dereference in n/a
A remote attacker can crash the Hydra web server by sending POST requests without a Content-Length header, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-17502?
CVE-2019-17502 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Hydra through 0.1.8 has a NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash when processing POST requests that lack a Content-Length header. read.c, request.c, and util.c contribute to this. The process_header_end() function calls boa_atoi(), which ultimately calls atoi() on a NULL pointer.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17502?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hydra Project Hydra.
How do I fix CVE-2019-17502?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17502 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-17502 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17502 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j7jq-vqm4-w5q8.