Bug 110328 – CAN-2003-0542 local buffer overflow in config file parsing

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Bug 110328 - CAN-2003-0542 local buffer overflow in config file parsing

Summary:	CAN-2003-0542 local buffer overflow in config file parsing

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	apache (Show other bugs)
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Version:	2.1
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Joe Orton
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Keywords:	Security

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Blocks:	87937
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Reported:	2003-11-18 10:41 EST by Joe Orton
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:06 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2003-12-10 11:49:43 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2003:360	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: apache security update	2003-12-10 00:00:00 EST

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Description Joe Orton 2003-11-18 10:41:52 EST

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 11:49:44 EST

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

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