Cherokee HTTPD Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
BID:3773
Info
Cherokee HTTPD Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 3773 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Dec 29 2001 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Mar 19 2015 08:42AM |
| Credit: | This issue was initially publicized in a GOBBLES advisory on December 29th, 2001. |
| Vulnerable: |
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.6 Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.5 Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2 Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1.6 Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1.5 Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1 |
| Not Vulnerable: |
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.7 |
Discussion
Cherokee HTTPD Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Cherokee is a compact web server which provides fast delivery of web content. It is freely available and distributed under the GPL. It runs on Linux and other Unix systems.
Cherokee does not filter shell metacharacters from web requests. It is therefore possible for a remote attacker to submit a malicious web request containing arbitrary commands which will be executed on the shell with the privileges of the webserver process.
Furthermore, another issue is known to exist in Cherokee which increases the impact of this vulnerability to include a potential for remote root compromise.
BugTraq ID 3771, "Cherokee HTTPD Insecure Privilege Release Vulnerability" describes a problem in which Cherokee web server fails to drop root privileges after binding to port 80, causing any commands that are executed by a remote attacker to have much greater consequences.
Cherokee is a compact web server which provides fast delivery of web content. It is freely available and distributed under the GPL. It runs on Linux and other Unix systems.
Cherokee does not filter shell metacharacters from web requests. It is therefore possible for a remote attacker to submit a malicious web request containing arbitrary commands which will be executed on the shell with the privileges of the webserver process.
Furthermore, another issue is known to exist in Cherokee which increases the impact of this vulnerability to include a potential for remote root compromise.
BugTraq ID 3771, "Cherokee HTTPD Insecure Privilege Release Vulnerability" describes a problem in which Cherokee web server fails to drop root privileges after binding to port 80, causing any commands that are executed by a remote attacker to have much greater consequences.
Exploit / POC
Cherokee HTTPD Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
This issue may be exploited with a web browser.
This issue may be exploited with a web browser.
Solution / Fix
Cherokee HTTPD Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in Cherokee 0.2.7.
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1.5
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1.6
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.5
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.6
Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in Cherokee 0.2.7.
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1
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Cherokee Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
http://aurora.esi.uem.es/~alo/cherokee/Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1.5
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Cherokee Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
http://aurora.esi.uem.es/~alo/cherokee/Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.1.6
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Cherokee Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
http://aurora.esi.uem.es/~alo/cherokee/Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2
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Cherokee Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
http://aurora.esi.uem.es/~alo/cherokee/Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.5
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Cherokee Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
http://aurora.esi.uem.es/~alo/cherokee/Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
Cherokee-Project Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.6
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Cherokee Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
http://aurora.esi.uem.es/~alo/cherokee/Cherokee-0.2.7.tar.gz
References
Cherokee HTTPD Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
References:
References:
- [VulnWatch] Remote Root Hole in Cherokee Webserver (VulnWatch)
- Cherokee Homepage (Cherokee)