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CVE-2007-4727

Publication date 12 September 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Buffer overflow in the fcgi_env_add function in mod_proxy_backend_fastcgi.c in the mod_fastcgi extension in lighttpd before 1.4.18 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary CGI variables and execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long content length, as demonstrated by overwriting the SCRIPT_FILENAME variable, aka a "header overflow."

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
lighttpd 7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.4.13-9ubuntu4.2
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.4.13~r1370-1ubuntu1.3
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.4.11-3ubuntu3.5