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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-5640

CVE-2012-5640

Description

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

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Affected products

4

Acme/Thttpd
cpe:2.3:a:acme:thttpd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Thttpd/thttpdllm-fuzzy
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/thttpd&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 2.26-4.7
thttpd/thttpdv5
Range: 2012-12-15

Patches

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References

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www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/15/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5640nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5640nvdBroken Link

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