CVE-2017-5850

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    CVE-2017-5850

    Published: 27 Mar 2017Last Modified: 5 Feb 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=148587359420912&w=2, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140944/OpenBSD-HTTP-Server-6.0-Denial-Of-Service.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/15, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/6, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95997, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037758, https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.9/common/034_httpd.patch.sig, https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/017_httpd.patch.sig, https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/142cfc82b932bc211218fbd7bdda8c7ce83f19df, https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-02-07-openbsd-httpd-CVE-2017-5850.html, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41278/, https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.9/common/034_httpd.patch.sig, https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/017_httpd.patch.sig, https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/142cfc82b932bc211218fbd7bdda8c7ce83f19df, https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-02-07-openbsd-httpd-CVE-2017-5850.html, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41278/, http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=148587359420912&w=2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/6, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140944/OpenBSD-HTTP-Server-6.0-Denial-Of-Service.html, https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-02-07-openbsd-httpd-CVE-2017-5850.html, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41278/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -142cfc82b932bc211218fbd7bdda8c7ce83f19df

    Affected versions

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High