CVE-2001-0834
htsearch CGI program in htdig (ht://Dig) 3.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to use the -c option to specify an alternate…
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- mitre
Description
htsearch CGI program in htdig (ht://Dig) 3.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to use the -c option to specify an alternate configuration file, which could be used to (1) cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by specifying a large file such as /dev/zero, or (2) read arbitrary files by uploading an alternate configuration file that specifies the target file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- DSA-080 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- CSSA-2001-035.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- CLA-2001:429 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 3410 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2001:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- htdig-htsearch-retrieve-files(7263) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20011007 Re: Bug found in ht://Dig htsearch CGI (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2001:083 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- htdig-htsearch-infinite-loop(7262) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=458013&group_id=4593&atid=104593 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2001:139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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