RHSA-2003:320

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2003-12-16 21:48 - Updated: 2026-06-28 12:07
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated httpd packages fix Apache security vulnerabilities
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: Updated httpd packages that fix two minor security issues in the Apache Web server are now available for Red Hat Linux 8.0 and 9.
Details: The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and freely-available Web server. An issue in the handling of regular expressions from configuration files was discovered in releases of the Apache HTTP Server version 2.0 prior to 2.0.48. To exploit this issue an attacker would need to have the ability to write to Apache configuration files such as .htaccess or httpd.conf. A carefully-crafted configuration file can cause an exploitable buffer overflow and would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the server (in default configurations as the 'apache' user). The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0542 to this issue. A bug in the CGI daemon-based "mod_cgid" module was discovered that can result in CGI script output being sent to the wrong client. This issue only affects Red Hat Linux 9, and only when the server is configured to use the "worker" MPM. The default configuration uses the "mod_cgi" module for CGI and is not affected by this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0789 to this issue. Users of the Apache HTTP Server should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain backported patches correcting these issues, and are applied to Apache version 2.0.40.
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CVE-2003-0542

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and (2) mod_rewrite for Apache before 1.3.29 allow attackers to create configuration files to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with more than 9 captures.

Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Red Hat Linux 8.0
Red Hat / Red Hat Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:linux:8.0 —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Linux 9
Red Hat / Red Hat Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:linux:9 —
Vendor Fix fix
Threats
Impact Low
CVE-2003-0789

mod_cgid in Apache before 2.0.48, when using a threaded MPM, does not properly handle CGI redirect paths, which could cause Apache to send the output of a CGI program to the wrong client.

Affected products
Fixed 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2003-0542
Threats
Impact Moderate
References
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