From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030703 Description of problem: There are locally exploitabe buffer overflows in mod_alias and mod_rewrite (CAN-2003-0542) in apache < 1.3.29. These are a serious issue for providers whose users can upload .htaccess files. Please upgrade (preferred) or backport the fixes. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): apache-1.3.27-3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install apache-1.3.27 2. 3. Actual Results: My system is vulnerable to local attack Expected Results: It shouldn't be Additional info: This bug supercedes #102433.
Created attachment 96228 [details] Proposed patch against 1.3.27-3, backported from 1.3.29 Backported patch, with revision number changed to indicate the hole has been fixed (_please_ keep something like this, otherwise we'll never know on site whetehr all machine have been fixed..). Compiles, but not tested yet.
*** Bug 102443 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Btw, we have tested and deployed the patched version in production and so far seem to run fine.
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-2003-405.html