Apache mod_cookies Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:1821

Info

Apache mod_cookies Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1821
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 12 1997 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 12 1997 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was discovered by David Sacerdote of Secure Networks Inc. (now Network Associates) on January 12, 1997.
Vulnerable: Apache Apache 1.1.1
Apache Apache 1.1
Apache Apache 1.0.5
Apache Apache 1.0.3
Apache Apache 1.0.2
Apache Apache 1.0
Apache Apache 0.8.14
Apache Apache 0.8.11
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Apache mod_cookies Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The Apache Project is a collaborative software development effort aimed at creating a robust, commercial-grade, featureful, and freely-available source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. Certain versions of the Apache webserver shipped with a remotely exploitable buffer overflow attack. This overflow was present in the function make_cookie, in mod_cookies.c used a 100 byte buffer. Remote attackers, if they provided more than 100 bytes, could exploit this vulnerabiltity to gain access to the server running the Apache server.

Exploit / POC

Apache mod_cookies Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Apache mod_cookies Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
This particular vulnerability is not present in any version of the Apache Server post version 1.1.

References

Apache mod_cookies Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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