CVE-2019-17502

Public Exploit

Description

Hydra through 0.1.8 has a NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash when processing POST requests that lack a Content-Length header. read.c, request.c, and util.c contribute to this. The process_header_end() function calls boa_atoi(), which ultimately calls atoi() on a NULL pointer.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.44%
Third-Party Advisory hellug.gr Third-Party Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://hydra.hellug.gr third party advisory
https://gist.github.com/fxb6476/0b9883a88ff2ca40de46a8469834e16c third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-17502?
CVE-2019-17502 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-17502?
To fix CVE-2019-17502, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-17502 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-17502 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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