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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6514

Original release date:12/21/2007

Last revised:09/05/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Apache HTTP Server, when running on Linux with a document root on a Windows share mounted using smbfs, allows remote attackers to obtain unprocessed content such as source files for .php programs via a trailing "\" (backslash), which is not handled by the intended AddType directive.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/09/2008): Old versions of the Linux 2.4 kernel allowed the lookup of names containing backslashes over smbfs -- so there were multiple names which would reference any particular file, allowing the bypass of Apache controls such as AddType. Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. This issue was corrected with a backported patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 by RHSA-2007:0672. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-6514

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External Source: XF

Name: apache-windows-share-info-disclosure(39158)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39158

External Source: BID

Name: 26939

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26939

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20071219 smbfs and apache+php source code disclosure

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/485316/100/0/threaded

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3479

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3479