CVE-2004-0747

Description

Buffer overflow in Apache 2.0.50 and earlier allows local users to gain apache privileges via a .htaccess file that causes the overflow during expansion of environment variables.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.13% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory mandrakesecure.net Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_32_apache2.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-463.html vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17384 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1233 broken link vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/12540 broken link third party advisory not applicable
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11561 broken link signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34920 broken link third party advisory not applicable
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0047/ vendor advisory broken link
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:096 vendor advisory broken link
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=205147 broken link
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-21.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481998 third party advisory us government resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011303 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch mailing list
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0747?
CVE-2004-0747 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0747?
To fix CVE-2004-0747, 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-2004-0747 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2004-0747 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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