CVE-2003-1262

Summary

CVECVE-2003-1262
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the http_fetch function of HTTP Fetcher 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL request via a long (1) host, (2) referer, or (3) userAgent value.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Http Fetcher Http Fetcher Library 1.0.0 All All All
Application Http Fetcher Http Fetcher Library 1.0.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
HTTP Fetcher Library Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
ISS X-Force Database:http-fetcher-httpfetch-bo(11000): HTTP Fetcher http_fetch() function buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
Gentoo: http-fetcher buffer overflow - The Community's Center for Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
'GLSA: http-fetcher' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update to http-fetcher af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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