CVE-2012-5640 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-5640

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

Vulnerability Description

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

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

thttpd
Vulnerable Versions:
2012-12-15

Timeline

Official Publish: November 25th, 2019
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.