rhsa-2003_405
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2003-12-18 09:27
Modified
2024-11-14 10:02
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated apache packages fix minor security vulnerability

Notes

Topic
Updated Apache packages that fix a minor security issue are now available for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3.
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 1.3 prior to 1.3.29. 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. All users of the Apache HTTP Web Server are advised to upgrade to the applicable errata packages, which contain back-ported fixes correcting this issue.
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        "text": "The Apache HTTP server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and\nfreely-available Web server.\n\nAn issue in the handling of regular expressions from configuration files\nwas discovered in releases of the Apache HTTP Server version 1.3 prior to\n1.3.29. To exploit this issue an attacker would need to have the ability\nto write to Apache configuration files such as .htaccess or httpd.conf. A\ncarefully-crafted configuration file can cause an exploitable buffer\noverflow and would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the\ncontext of the server (in default configurations as the \u0027apache\u0027 user).\nThe Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has\nassigned the name CAN-2003-0542 to this issue.\n\nAll users of the Apache HTTP Web Server are advised to upgrade to the\napplicable errata packages, which contain back-ported fixes correcting\nthis issue.",
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