Gentoo: GLSA-200610-12 High: Apache Mod_Tcl Remote Code Execution
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October 24, 2006
A format string vulnerabilty has been found in Apache mod_tcl, which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200610-12
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: Apache mod_tcl: Format string vulnerability
Date: October 24, 2006
Bugs: #151359
ID: 200610-12
Synopsis
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A format string vulnerabilty has been found in Apache mod_tcl, which
could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Apache mod_tcl is a TCL interpreting module for the Apache 2.x web
server.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apache/mod_tcl < 1.0.1 >= 1.0.1
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Sparfell discovered format string errors in calls to the set_var
function in tcl_cmds.c and tcl_core.c.
Impact
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A remote attacker could...
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