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CVE-2001-0852

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0852 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the TUX HTTP server version 2.1.0-2, specifically affecting Red Hat Linux. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending an excessively long Host header, causing the server to become unresponsive. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a partial availability impact. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, and with no evidence of active exploitation or social media discussion, public exploit code exists in ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21141 · Nov 5, 2001
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0865 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2001-0852Important

security flaw

Nov 5, 2001

References

marc.info
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7464
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2001-142.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3506