CVE-2016-9564 in Webserver

Summary

Buffer overflow in send_redirect() in Boa Webserver 0.92r allows remote attackers to DoS via an HTTP GET request requesting a long URI with only '/' and '.' characters.

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• Reservation: 11/22/2016
• Disclosure: 11/30/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-93903
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.5
• EPSS: 0.00622
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9564
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9564
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-9564/