Anti-Web HTTPD Script Engine Heap Overflow Vulnerability

BID:3814

Info

Anti-Web HTTPD Script Engine Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3814
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 07 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 07 2002 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was discovered by 3APA3A <[email protected]>, and announced via Bugtraq on January 6, 2002.
Vulnerable: Hardcore Software Anti-Web HTTPD 2.2
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
- Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
- Debian Linux 2.2 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2 68k
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Redhat Linux 7.2
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- SCO eDesktop 2.4
- SCO eServer 2.3.1
- Slackware Linux 8.0
- Slackware Linux 7.1
- Slackware Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 7.3
- SuSE Linux 7.2
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0
Not Vulnerable: Hardcore Software Anti-Web HTTPD 2.2.1

Discussion

Anti-Web HTTPD Script Engine Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Anti-Web HTTPD is a freely available, open source web server designed for use on the Linux platform. It is maintained by Doug Hoyte.

Under some circumstances, it may be possible to take advantage of a heap overflow in awhttpd.

awhttpd does not properly handle the loading of script code. As a result, a local user with access to load scripts could take advantage of this problem to execute arbitrary code. This could result in the user gaining the same privilege as the HTTPD process (by default, UID/GID 32767)..

Exploit / POC

Anti-Web HTTPD Script Engine Heap Overflow Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Anti-Web HTTPD Script Engine Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor supplied fix available:


Hardcore Software Anti-Web HTTPD 2.2

References

Anti-Web HTTPD Script Engine Heap Overflow Vulnerability

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