CVE-2001-0834

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

htsearch CGI program in htdig (ht://Dig) 3.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to use the -c option to specify an alternate configuration file, which could be used to (1) cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by specifying a large file such as /dev/zero, or (2) read arbitrary files by uploading an alternate configuration file that specifies the target file.

Affected products

Conectiva Linux: 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0
Debian Linux: 2.2
Htdig: through 3.1.5
Suse Linux: 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000429
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100260195401753&w=2
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=458013&group_id=4593&atid=104593
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-035.0.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-080
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-083.php3
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_035_htdig_txt.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-139.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3410
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7262
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7263
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000429

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