CVE-2017-5850

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenBSD httpd (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to resource management errors in the httpd component of the OpenBSD operating system. It can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, specifically memory consumption, by sending specially crafted requests using the HTTP Range header. This can be achieved by requesting a large file in a series of requests.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.