CVE-2007-4727

published 2007-09-12

CVE-2007-4727: 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…

Priority P3 39 medium 6.8 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C P I P A P

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."

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	lighttpd	< lighttpd 1.4.18-1 (bookworm)	lighttpd 1.4.18-1 (bookworm)
lighttpd	lighttpd	<= 1.4.15	—
lighttpd	lighttpd	>= 0 < 1.4.18-1	1.4.18-1
lighttpd	lighttpd	>= 0 < 1.4.18-1	1.4.18-1
lighttpd	lighttpd	>= 0 < 1.4.18-1	1.4.18-1
lighttpd	lighttpd	>= 0 < 1.4.18-1	1.4.18-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 6.8 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 6.8 MEDIUM

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