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redhat Mod ClusterBuffer Overflow

Risk 44
Severity
7.8
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configuration of modcluster via JVMRoute longer than 80 characters will cause segfault.

A segmentation fault can occur in Apache HTTPD 2.2.

The crash is due to a strcpy buffer overflow in modcluster's modmanager.

https://github.com/modcluster/modcluster/blob/1.2.9.Final/native/modmanager/node.c#L227 [Open URL]

If clients send a request with a JVMRoute longer than 80 characters (the size of the strcpy destination), the strcpy segfaults.

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
CVE-2016-4459

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