Gentoo: GLSA-200407-18 Moderate: mod_ssl Code Execution Risk
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July 22, 2004
A bug in mod_ssl may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code when Apache is configured to use mod_ssl and mod_proxy.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-18
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: mod_ssl: Format string vulnerability
Date: July 22, 2004
Bugs: #57379
ID: 200407-18
Synopsis
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A bug in mod_ssl may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code
when Apache is configured to use mod_ssl and mod_proxy.
Background
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mod_ssl provides Secure Sockets Layer encryption and authentication to
Apache 1.3.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-www/mod_ssl <= 2.8.18 >= 2.8.19
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A bug in ssl_engine_ext.c makes mod_ssl vulnerable to a ssl_log()
related format string vulnerability in the mod_proxy hook functio...
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