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ID:3885 - Exploit for Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in OpenBSD - CVE-2017-5850
ID:3885 - Exploit for Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in OpenBSD - CVE-2017-5850
Published: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39366
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5850
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
OpenBSD
OpenBSD
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
httpd in OpenBSD allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of requests for a large file using an HTTP Range header.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.