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SERVER-WEBAPP Apache httpd ap_find_token buffer overread attempt
Multiple web servers contain buffer overflow vulnerabilities due to improper Connection header parsing. Impact: Details: Rule checks for attempts to trigger buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple web-servers via a maliciously crafted Connection header value. Ease of Attack:
This rule will alert when an attempt to exploit a known memory corruption vulnerability in Apache is detected.
No public information
No known false positives
Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].
Tactic: Execution
Technique: User Execution
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Buffer Overflow
Buffer Overflows occur when a memory location is filled past its expected boundaries. Computer attackers target systems without proper terminating conditions on buffers, which then write the additional information in other locations in memory, overwriting what is there. This could corrupt the data, making the system behave erratically or crash. The new information could include malicious executable code, which might be executed.
CVE-2017-7668The HTTP strict parsing changes added in Apache httpd 2.2.32 and 2.4.24 introduced a bug in token list parsing, which allows ap_find_token() to search past the end of its input string. By maliciously crafting a sequence of request headers, an attacker may be able to cause a segmentation fault, or to force ap_find_token() to return an incorrect value. |
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