cve/2007/CVE-2007-4727.md

CVE-2007-4727

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."

POC

Reference

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3127
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html

Github

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