CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-2297

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Oct 06, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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nanohttp in libcsoap allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted Authorization header.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibcsoapLibcsoap_project- (including)- (including)
LibcsoapUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
LibcsoapUbuntulucid*
LibcsoapUbuntuprecise*
LibcsoapUbuntutrusty*
LibcsoapUbuntuutopic*
LibcsoapUbuntuvivid*
LibcsoapUbuntuwily*
LibcsoapUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References