libhttp/url.c in shellinabox through 2.20 has an implementation flaw in the HTTP request parsing logic. By sending a crafted multipart/form-data HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this to force shellinaboxd into an infinite loop, exhausting available CPU resources and taking the service down.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-03-17T18:36:51

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:53.996Z

Reserved: 2018-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-16789

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-03-21T16:00:22.547

Modified: 2020-08-24T17:37:01.140

Link: CVE-2018-16789

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