Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-1866 - Denial Of Service vulnerability in SWS Simple Web Server Non-existent File Request
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Simple Web Server (SWS) 0.0.4 through 0.1.0 does not close file descriptors for 404 error messages, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion) via multiple requests for pages that do not exist.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 |