CVE-2018-16789

Name	CVE-2018-16789
Description	libhttp/url.c in shellinabox through 2.20 has an implementation flaw in the HTTP request parsing logic. By sending a crafted multipart/form-data HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this to force shellinaboxd into an infinite loop, exhausting available CPU resources and taking the service down.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
shellinabox (PTS)	sid, trixie, buster, bookworm, bullseye	2.21	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
shellinabox	source	(unstable)	2.21	low

[stretch] - shellinabox <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - shellinabox <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/pull/446