Vulnerability CVE-2007-4727: Information

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."

Severity: MEDIUM (6.8)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

1. Affected configurations:

   1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      End including

      1.4.15

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