CVE-2003-0542 in HTTP Server

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and (2) mod_rewrite for Apache before 1.3.29 allow attackers to create configuration files to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with more than 9 captures.

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• Reservation: 07/14/2003
• Disclosure: 11/03/2003
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-20927 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 9.3
• EPSS: 0.00523
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0542
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0542
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2003-0542/