CVE-2003-0542

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0542
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-11-03 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and (2) mod_rewrite for Apache before 1.3.29 allow attackers to create configuration files to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with more than 9 captures.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server 1.3 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.1 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.11 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.12 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.14 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.17 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.18 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.19 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.20 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.22 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.23 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.24 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.25 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.26 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.27 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.28 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.3 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.4 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.6 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.9 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.28 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.32 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.35 All All All
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
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.44 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.45 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.46 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.47 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Apache2008-07-02Mark J CoxFixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.48 and 1.3.29: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_13.html

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