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Cherokee Format String Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA13057
Release Date: 2004-11-02
Last Update: 2004-12-07
Popularity: 6,513 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Cherokee 0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Florian Schilhabel has reported a vulnerability in Cherokee, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the "cherokee_logger_ncsa_write_string()" function and can be exploited using a specially crafted URL when authenticating via "auth_pam".

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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