National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1862
Original release date:06/04/2007
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The recall_headers function in mod_mem_cache in Apache 2.2.4 does not properly copy all levels of header data, which can cause Apache to return HTTP headers containing previously used data, which could be used by remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
- Official Statement from Apache (07/02/2008)
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Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.2.6. http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html
- Official Statement from Red Hat (06/11/2007)
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Not vulnerable. This issue was specific to httpd version 2.2.4 and did not affect the versions of httpd as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 or 5.
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://people.apache.org/~covener/2.2.x-mod_memcache-poolmgmt.diff
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 38641
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41551
External Source: BID
Name: 24553
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-2214
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:127
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2727
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2231
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200711-06
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27563
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26842
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26273
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186219