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CVE-2014-5015
bozotic HTTP server (aka bozohttpd) before 20140708, as used in NetBSD, truncates paths when checking .htpasswd restrictions, which allows…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
bozotic HTTP server (aka bozohttpd) before 20140708, as used in NetBSD, truncates paths when checking .htpasswd restrictions, which allows remote attackers to bypass the HTTP authentication scheme and access restrictions via a long path.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 68752 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.eterna.com.au/bozohttpd/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 109283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.eterna.com.au/bozohttpd/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- netbsd-cve20145015-info-disc(94751) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140718 Re: CVE Request: bozohttpd: basic http authentication bypass (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-4914 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-5015)Record last updated .