Cherokee HTTPD Auth_Pam Authentication Remote Format String Vulnerability

BID:11574

Info

Cherokee HTTPD Auth_Pam Authentication Remote Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11574
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 01 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 01 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Florian Schilhabel from the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team.
Vulnerable: Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.4.17
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.4.8
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.4.7
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.4.6
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.7
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.6
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.5
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1.6
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1.5
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cherokee HTTPD Auth_Pam Authentication Remote Format String Vulnerability

It is reported that Cherokee is susceptible to a remote format string vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it as the format specifier in a formatted printing function.

A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected service.

Exploit / POC

Cherokee HTTPD Auth_Pam Authentication Remote Format String Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Cherokee HTTPD Auth_Pam Authentication Remote Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo has released an advisory (GLSA 200411-02) and an updated eBuild to address this issue. Gentoo recommends that users invoke the following sequence of commands in order to apply the updates:

emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/cherokee-0.4.17.1"

References

Cherokee HTTPD Auth_Pam Authentication Remote Format String Vulnerability

References:

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