CVE-2001-0834 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (htsearch CGI program in htdig (ht://Dig) 3.1.5 and earlier a)
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 c
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0834 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 6.4 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-12-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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