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Apache HTTPD: FakeBasicAuth overflow (CVE-2004-0488)

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Apache HTTPD: FakeBasicAuth overflow (CVE-2004-0488)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/07/2004
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/12/2012
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

The affected asset is vulnerable to this vulnerability ONLY if it is running one of the following modules: mod_ssl. Review your web server configuration for validation. A buffer overflow in the mod_ssl FakeBasicAuth code could be exploited by an attacker using a (trusted) client certificate with a subject DN field which exceeds 6K in length.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_0_50

References

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