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CVE-2002-1866

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2002-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Sws Sws Simple Web Server

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References