AN-HTTPd 1.41e MS DOS Device Name aux.cgi memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in AN-HTTPd 1.41e. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file aux.cgi of the component MS DOS Device Name. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2003-1270. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in AN-HTTPd 1.41e (Web Server). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file aux.cgi of the component MS DOS Device Name. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

AN HTTP 1.41e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (borken pipe) via an HTTP request to aux.cgi with a long argument, possibly triggering a buffer overflow or MS-DOS device vulnerability.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-1270 since 11/16/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (10978). The entries VDB-21203 and VDB-21201 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

12/31/2003 🔍
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11/16/2005 +686 days 🔍
08/28/2014 +3207 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1270 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1270
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21202
X-Force: 10978

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/28/2014 17:31
Updated: 07/16/2024 09:37
Changes: 08/28/2014 17:31 (43), 09/04/2017 09:20 (6), 07/16/2024 09:37 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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