CVE-2002-2286 in apt-www-proxy

Summary

The parse-get function in utils.c for apt-www-proxy 0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty HTTP request, which causes a null dereference.

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• Reservation: 10/17/2007
• Disclosure: 12/31/2002
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-19928 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-189 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.00594
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-2286
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2286
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2002-2286/