cve-1999-1053
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-09-12 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 16:55
Severity ?
Summary
guestbook.pl cleanses user-inserted SSI commands by removing text between "<!--" and "-->" separators, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when guestbook.pl is run on Apache 1.3.9 and possibly other versions, since Apache allows other closing sequences besides "-->".
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/33674Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27296Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27560Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/776Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/33674Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27296Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27560Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/776Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
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