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lighttpd buffer overflow
Published: 14.09.2007
Source: FULL-DISCLOSURE
SecurityVulns ID: 8154
Type: remote
Level: 6/10
Description: mod_fastcgi buffer overflow on headers parsing.

Affected: LIGHTHTTPD : lighttpd 1.4
CVE: CVE-2007-4727 (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.")

Original document RPATH, [Full-disclosure] rPSA-2007-0183-1 lighttpd (14.09.2007)

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