Bug 1893725 (CVE-2020-25691)

Summary:	CVE-2020-25691 darkhttpd: sending an HTTP GET to a file with large modification date can cause a DoS
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	mail, rosset.filipe, security-response-team
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in darkhttpd. Invalid error handling allows remote attackers to cause denial-of-service by accessing a file with a large modification date. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-07-21 15:54:40 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1984389, 1984391
Bug Blocks:	1984827

Description Marian Rehak 2020-11-02 13:13:34 UTC

Invalid error handling in function rfc1123_date in darkhttpd.c in darhttpd allows remote attackers to cause denial-of-service by accessing a file with large modification date

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2021-07-21 11:05:29 UTC

Created darkhttpd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1984391]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1984389]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-07-21 15:54:40 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-07-21 21:54:42 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.