CVE-2007-4727 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2007-4727

Buffer overflow in the fcgi_env_add function in mod_proxy_backend_fastcgi.c in the...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the fcgi_env_add function in mod_proxy_backend_fastcgi.c in the mod_fastcgi extension in lighttpd before 1.4.18 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary CGI variables and execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long content length, as demonstrated by overwriting the SCRIPT_FILENAME variable, aka a "header overflow."

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

lighttpd
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 12th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.