CVE-2006-5801

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-11-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The owserver module in owfs and owhttpd 2.5p5 and earlier does not properly check the path type, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) related to use of the path in owshell.

Affected products

Owfs: through 2.5_p5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22700
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=461204
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20953
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4381
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30080
http://secunia.com/advisories/22700
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=461204
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20953
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4381
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30080

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