| » Topic: | 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
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