[37183] in bugtraq
Re: local buffer overflow in htpasswd for apache 1.3.31 not fixed in .33?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henning Brauer)
Tue Nov 2 08:37:44 2004
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:55:22 +0100
From: Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
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* Larry Cashdollar <lwc@vapid.ath.cx> [2004-10-30 10:49]:
> This was posted on the full-disclosure list sept 16 2004 by
> Luiz Fernando.
>
> http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-09/0547.html
>
> The nessus check for this vulnerability recommends upgrading to
> Apache version 1.3.32:
>
> http://cgi.nessus.org/plugins/dump.php3?id=14771
>
> But in Apache 1.3.33:
>
> lachoy# grep strcpy /install/src/apache_1.3.33/src/support/htpasswd.c
> strcpy(record, user);
> strcpy(pwfilename, argv[i]);
> strcpy(user, argv[i + 1]);
> strcpy(password, argv[i + 2]);
> strcpy(scratch, line);
>
> It is still vulnerable.
This was fixed in OpenBSD's apache 2003/04/08, over 18 months ago.
