CVE-2003-0542 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2003-0542

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and (2) mod_rewrite...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

http server
Vulnerable Versions:
1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.6, 1.3.9, 1.3.11, 1.3.12, 1.3.14, 1.3.17, 1.3.18, 1.3.19, 1.3.20, 1.3.22, 1.3.23, 1.3.24, 1.3.25, 1.3.26, 1.3.27, 1.3.28, 2.0, 2.0.28, 2.0.32, 2.0.35, 2.0.36, 2.0.37, 2.0.38, 2.0.39, 2.0.40, 2.0.41, 2.0.42, 2.0.43, 2.0.44, 2.0.45, 2.0.46, 2.0.47

Timeline

Official Publish: October 30th, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.