CVE-2014-5015: bozotic HTTP server (aka bozohttpd) before 20140708, as used in NetBSD, truncates paths when checking .htpasswd restrictions, which allows…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 78% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: bozohttpd (Debian:7) 20111118-1+deb7u1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to bozohttpd (Debian:7) 20111118-1+deb7u1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
bozotic HTTP server (aka bozohttpd) before 20140708, as used in NetBSD, truncates paths when checking .htpasswd restrictions, which allows remote attackers to bypass the HTTP authentication scheme and access restrictions via a long path.
- Published
- Jul 24, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.7% · 78th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
Report tools
Action score
21
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 1.7%
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Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- eterna bozohttpdup to 20140201 inclusive
- eterna bozohttpd19990519
- eterna bozohttpd20000421
- eterna bozohttpd20000426
- eterna bozohttpd20000427
- eterna bozohttpd20000815
- eterna bozohttpd20000825
- eterna bozohttpd20010610
+12 more rows
- eterna bozohttpd20010812
- eterna bozohttpd20010922
- eterna bozohttpd20020710
- eterna bozohttpd20020730
- eterna bozohttpd20020803
- eterna bozohttpd20020804
- eterna bozohttpd20020823
- eterna bozohttpd20020913
- eterna bozohttpd20021106
- eterna bozohttpd20030313
- eterna bozohttpd20030409
- eterna bozohttpd20030626
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:7 | bozohttpd | before 20111118-1+deb7u1 | 20111118-1+deb7u1 |
Same product
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- CVE-2017-1000375NetBSD maps the run-time link-editor ld.so directly below the stack region, even if ASLR is enabled, this allows attackers to more easily…45Plan
- CVE-2017-1000378The NetBSD qsort() function is recursive, and not randomized, an attacker can construct a pathological input array of N elements that…40Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2011-1920May 23, 2011 · The make include files in NetBSD before 1.6.2, as used in pmake 1.111 and other products, allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files…13Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2011-0418May 24, 2011 · The glob implementation in Pure-FTPd before 1.0.32, and in libc in NetBSD 5.1, does not properly expand expressions containing curly…18Monitor
- Later →CVE-2015-8212Jan 19, 2017 · CGI handling flaw in bozohttpd in NetBSD 6.0 through 6.0.6, 6.1 through 6.1.5, and 7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…40Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:bozohttpd | 20111118-1+deb7u1 · Debian:7 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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