CVE-2002-1850

Public Exploit

Description

mod_cgi in Apache 2.0.39 and 2.0.40 allows local users and possibly remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and memory consumption) by causing a CGI script to send a large amount of data to stderr, which results in a read/write deadlock between httpd and the CGI script.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.02% Top 15%
Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory securitytracker.com Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007823 patch vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Sep/0253.html mailing list exploit third party advisory
http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/httpd-2.0/modules/generators/mod_cgi.c?r1=1.148.2.7&r2=1.148.2.8 broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8725 patch vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10515 issue tracking
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10200.php vdb entry patch broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5787 exploit vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=103291952019514&w=2 mailing list
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22030 issue tracking patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-1850?
CVE-2002-1850 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-1850?
To fix CVE-2002-1850, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-1850 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2002-1850 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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