CVE-2003-0542

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    CVE-2003-0542

    Published: 3 Nov 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and (2) mod_rewrite for Apache before 1.3.29 allow attackers to create configuration files to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with more than 9 captures.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20031203-01-U.asc, ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/10096, http://secunia.com/advisories/10098, http://secunia.com/advisories/10102, http://secunia.com/advisories/10112, http://secunia.com/advisories/10114, http://secunia.com/advisories/10153, http://secunia.com/advisories/10260, http://secunia.com/advisories/10264, http://secunia.com/advisories/10463, http://secunia.com/advisories/10580, http://secunia.com/advisories/10593, http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:103, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-015.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6079, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8911, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-015.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8911, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.6/SCOSA-2004.6.txt, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798, http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Jan/msg00000.html, http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00045.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106761802305141&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101444-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101841-1, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/434566, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549142, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-320.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-360.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-405.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-816.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342674, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9504, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13400, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7035b7c9091c4b665a3b7205364775410646f12125d48e74e395f2ce%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa117ef183f0da9b3f46efbeaa66f7622bd68868a450cae4fd8ed594%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re028d61fe612b0908595d658b9b39e74bca56f2a1ed3c5f06b5ab571%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f0f3611f937cf6cfb3b4fe4a67f69885855126110e1e3f2fb2728e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3799, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A863, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A864, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9458

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High