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Apache Insecure mod_rewrite PCRE Resource Exhaustion

» Added by:  Maksymilian Arciemowicz

» Date:  21.12.2010

  New advisory about vulnerabilities in apache mod_rewrite "Apache Insecure mod_rewrite PCRE Resource Exhaustion". A 'resource exhaustion' vulnerability has been identified in PCRE library.



Using mod_rewrite and PCRE libs can dangerous for stability apache server. Everybody know that using pcre regular expressions can be dangerous, and using multiple regular expressions in .htaccess is no good idea.

More:
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/92

PoC:
http://cxib.net/stuff/rewrite.pcre.txt



Alert

libc/fnmatch(3) DoS

Security Risk Medium- 2011-05-13

Allow attacker to denial of service apache 2.2.17 server

Apache RSS Apache Alert

» Apache HTTP Server Denial
   of Service Vulnerability

» Multiple Vendors
   libc/fnmatch(3) DoS (incl
   apache poc)

» Apache Continuum
   cross-site scripting
   vulnerability

» Apache Tomcat DoS
   Vulnerability

PHP RSS PHP Alert

» PHP Hashtables Denial of
   Service

» PHP 5.3.6 multiple null
   pointer dereference

» PHP 5.3.6 ZipArchive
   invalid use glob(3)

» libzip 0.9.3
   _zip_name_locate NULL
   Pointer Dereference (incl
   PHP 5.3.5)

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