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mod_ssl off by one
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Web Servers
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The remote host is using a version of mod_ssl which is older than 2.8.10. This version is vulnerable to an off by one buffer overflow which may allow a user with write access to .htaccess files to execute arbitrary code on the system with permissions of the web server.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.8.10 or newer.