CVE-2003-0016

Summary

CVE	CVE-2003-0016
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2003-02-07 05:00:00 UTC
Updated	2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Description	Apache before 2.0.44, when running on unpatched Windows 9x and Me operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request containing MS-DOS device names.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Apache	Http Server	2.0.36	All	All	All
Application	Apache	Http Server	2.0.37	All	All	All
Application	Apache	Http Server	2.0.38	All	All	All
Application	Apache	Http Server	2.0.39	All	All	All
Application	Apache	Http Server	2.0.40	All	All	All
Application	Apache	Http Server	2.0.41	All	All	All
Application	Apache	Http Server	2.0.42	All	All	All
Application	Apache	Http Server	2.0.43	All	All	All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#979793	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.kb.cert.org	US Government Resource
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
marc.info	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	marc.info
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
IBM X-Force Exchange	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
IBM X-Force Exchange	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#825177	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.kb.cert.org	US Government Resource
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
www.apacheweek.com/issues/03-01-24	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.apacheweek.com
Pony Mail!	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.apache.org
Apache Web Server MS-DOS Device Name Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MITRE	lists.apache.org
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Organization	Published	Contributor	Statement
Apache	2008-07-02	Mark J Cox	Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.44: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html

There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.