CVE-2004-1946 in httpd

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the PRINT_ERROR function in common.c for Cherokee Web Server 0.4.16 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the -C command line argument. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue could be exploited remotely, or if Cherokee is running at escalated privileges. Therefore it might not be a vulnerability.

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• Reservation: 05/04/2005
• Disclosure: 04/19/2004
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-21777
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00084
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1946
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1946
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2004-1946/