CVE - CVE-2007-4727

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-4727	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Buffer 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."
References
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BID:25622 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25622 BUGTRAQ:20070917 FLEA-2007-0054-1 lighttpd URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479763/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1986 CONFIRM:http://www.lighttpd.net/assets/2007/9/9/lighttpd_sa_2007_12.txt CONFIRM:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1715 FEDORA:FEDORA-2007-2132 URL:http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-213.shtml GENTOO:GLSA-200709-16 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-16.xml MISC:http://secweb.se/en/advisories/lighttpd-fastcgi-remote-vulnerability/ MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=284511 SECUNIA:26732 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26732 SECUNIA:26794 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26794 SECUNIA:26824 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26824 SECUNIA:26997 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26997 SECUNIA:27229 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/27229 SREASON:3127 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3127 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2007:020 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html VUPEN:ADV-2007-3110 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3110~~ (Obsolete source) XF:lighttpd-modfastcgi-code-execution(36526) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36526
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070905	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070905)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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