Upstream information

CVE-2012-5640 at MITRE

Description

thttpd has a local DoS vulnerability via specially-crafted .htpasswd files

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 783165 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2013:0640-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • thttpd >= 2.26-4.7
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10187

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:40:28 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:18:21 2025