GHSA-8FR6-P7RJ-WMFR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 18:26 – Updated: 2025-04-09 03:46
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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."

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2007-4727"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2007-09-12T19:17:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.\"",
  "id": "GHSA-8fr6-p7rj-wmfr",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T03:46:07Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T18:26:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4727"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=284511"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36526"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1715"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-213.shtml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26732"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26794"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26824"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26997"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27229"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3127"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secweb.se/en/advisories/lighttpd-fastcgi-remote-vulnerability"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1986"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-16.xml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.lighttpd.net/assets/2007/9/9/lighttpd_sa_2007_12.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479763/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25622"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3110"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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