FKIE_CVE-2005-3183

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-10-12 22:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:16
Severity
Summary
The HTBoundary_put_block function in HTBound.c for W3C libwww (w3c-libwww) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted multipart/byteranges MIME message that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
References
secalert@redhat.comftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17119
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17122
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17489
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17814
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/19193
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/25098
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:210
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0208.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9444
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9445
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15035
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159597Exploit, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9653
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/220-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17119
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17122
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17489
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17814
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19193
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:210
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0208.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9444
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9445
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15035
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159597Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9653
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/220-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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