Bug 110328

Summary:	CAN-2003-0542 local buffer overflow in config file parsing
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Joe Orton <jorton>
Component:	apache	Assignee:	Joe Orton <jorton>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	2.1	CC:	nalin
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Description Joe Orton 2003-11-18 15:41:52 UTC

CAN-2003-0542 affects 1.3.27 

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

Version:
This issue affects the apache package shipped with all variants of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.

Comment 2 Mark J. Cox 2003-12-10 16:49:44 UTC

An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-360.html