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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-4727
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CVE-2007-4727

Description:
Buffer overflow in the fcgi_env_add function in mod_proxy_backend_fastcgi.c in the mod_fastcgi extension in lighttpd before 1.4.18 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary CGI variables and execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long content length, as demonstrated by overwriting the SCRIPT_FILENAME variable, aka a "header overflow."

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36526

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html

SREASON
  http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3127

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA26997
  Secunia Advisory: SA27229
  Secunia Advisory: SA26732
  Secunia Advisory: SA26794
  Secunia Advisory: SA26824

MISC
  http://secweb.se/en/advisories/lighttpd-fastcgi-remote-vulnerability/

GENTOO
  http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-16.xml

FEDORA
  http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-213.shtml

CONFIRM
  http://www.lighttpd.net/assets/2007/9/9/lighttpd_sa_2007_12.txt
  http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1986

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/479763/100/0/threaded

BID
  25622


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