CVE-2006-5801 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the owserver module in owfs and owhttpd versions 2.5p5 and earlier. The flaw stems from improper path type checking, allowing an attacker to crash the application by manipulating paths within owshell. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low complexity and requires no authentication, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5_p5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:owfs:owfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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