CVE-2006-5801

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2006-5801 · Published 08/11/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-5801 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting owfs (owfs).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 71.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
owfs owfs	`≤ 2.5_p5`	No fix yet

Description

The owserver module in owfs and owhttpd 2.5p5 and earlier does not properly check the path type, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) related to use of the path in owshell.

References

secunia.com/advisories/22700 · Vendor Advisory
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/20953
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4381
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30080

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