FKIE_CVE-2007-6514

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-12-21 22:46 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
Apache HTTP Server, when running on Linux with a document root on a Windows share mounted using smbfs, allows remote attackers to obtain unprocessed content such as source files for .php programs via a trailing "\" (backslash), which is not handled by the intended AddType directive.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3479
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485316/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26939
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39158
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3479
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485316/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26939
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39158
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
apache http_server 2.2.6
apache http_server 2.2.6
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