CVE-2002-1866

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2002-12-31

Last modified

2024-09-17

Affected products

• Sws Simple Web Server (Sws)

References

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