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HistoryOct 03, 2022 - 4:23 p.m.
CVE-2002-1866
simple web server
sws
denial of service
cve-2002-1866
file descriptor exhaustion
web server vulnerability
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.5%
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.
Affected configurations
Node
swssws_simple_web_serverMatch0.0.3
ORswssws_simple_web_serverMatch0.0.4
ORswssws_simple_web_serverMatch0.1.0
ORswssws_simple_web_serverMatch0.1.1
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.5%
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