CVE-2017-5850

httpd in OpenBSD allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of requests for a large file using an HTTP Range header.

• CWE-770

• http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=148587359420912&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140944/OpenBSD-HTTP-Server-6.0-Denial-Of-Service.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/15Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95997Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037758Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.9/common/034_httpd.patch.sigPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/017_httpd.patch.sigPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/142cfc82b932bc211218fbd7bdda8c7ce83f19dfPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-02-07-openbsd-httpd-CVE-2017-5850.htmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41278/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=148587359420912&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140944/OpenBSD-HTTP-Server-6.0-Denial-Of-Service.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/15Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95997Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037758Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.9/common/034_httpd.patch.sigPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/017_httpd.patch.sigPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/142cfc82b932bc211218fbd7bdda8c7ce83f19dfPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-02-07-openbsd-httpd-CVE-2017-5850.htmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41278/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Mar 27, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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