Vulnerability CVE-2008-0406
Published: 2008-01-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c, when account names are used as log filenames, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long account name.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
HFS (HTTP File Server) Log Arbitrary File/Directory Manipulation and Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities
Felipe M. Aragon
29.01.2008

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

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
HFS -> Http file server 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3581
http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486873/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27423
http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39875
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