CVE-2007-4727

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4727
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-12 19:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo update for lighttpd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Changeset 1986 - lighttpd - secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web-server - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.lighttpd.net
Lighttpd Mod_FastCGI Request Headers Remote Header Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityReason - Lighttpd FastCGI Remote Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rPath update for lighttpd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for lighttpd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
284511 – (CVE-2007-4727) CVE-2007-4727 FastCGI header overrun in lighttpd's mod_fastcgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1715 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Lighttpd: Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Lighttpd FastCGI Remote Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secweb.se
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
lighttpd mod_fastcgi PHP Header Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.lighttpd.net/assets/2007/9/9/lighttpd_sa_2007_12.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.lighttpd.net
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