CVE-2005-3183

N/A Unknown

Published: October 12, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

The HTBoundary_put_block function in HTBound.c for W3C libwww (w3c-libwww) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted multipart/byteranges MIME message that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/17119

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/17122

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/17489

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/17814

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/19193

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/25098

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:210

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0208.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9444

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9445

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15035

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159597

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9653

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://usn.ubuntu.com/220-1/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt