CVE-2002-1850

Summary

CVECVE-2002-1850
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionmod_cgi in Apache 2.0.39 and 2.0.40 allows local users and possibly remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and memory consumption) by causing a CGI script to send a large amount of data to stderr, which results in a read/write deadlock between httpd and the CGI script.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-667 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.39 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.40 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISS X-Force Database: apache-stderr-dos (10200): Apache HTTP Server stderr denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Broken Link, Patch
Apache2 MOD_CGI STDERR Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.apache.org Broken Link
Apache Oversized STDERR Buffer Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
'CGI bucket needed' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
22030 – 4097+ bytes of stderr from cgi script causes script to hang af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.apache.org Issue Tracking, Patch
Bug 10515 - cgi lock when writing to stderr af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.apache.org Issue Tracking
Bugtraq: Apache 2.0.(39|40) DOS (PHP!) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Apache Web Server mod_cgi Error May Let Malicious CGI Scripts Crash the Web Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Apache HTTP server as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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