Vulnerability CVE-2002-1866
Published: 2002-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Simple Web Server (SWS) 0.0.4 through 0.1.0 does not close file descriptors for 404 error messages, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion) via multiple requests for pages that do not exist.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
SWS -> Sws simple web server 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5659
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10071.php
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0047.html
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