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Apache mod_rewrite Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21197
Release Date: 2006-07-28
Last Update: 2006-07-29
Popularity: 34,775 views

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

Software:Apache 1.3.x
Apache 2.0.x
Apache 2.2.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Apache HTTP Server, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused by a off-by-one error in mod_rewrite within the ldap scheme handling and can be exploited to cause a one-byte buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation may crash the web server process or allow execution of arbitrary code. However, this depends on the manner which Apache HTTP Server was compiled and also requires the following:
* Certain types of Rewrite rules are used where the beginning of the rewritten URL is controlled.
* The RewriteRule flags do not include the Forbidden (F), Gone (G), or NoEscape (NE) flag.

The vulnerability affects Apache 1.3 since 1.3.28, 2.0 since 2.0.46, and 2.2 since 2.2.0.

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