[33184] in bugtraq
Re: Hijacking Apache 2 via mod_perl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Thu Jan 22 11:57:07 2004
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:53:01 +0000
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
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To: Steve Grubb <linux_4ever@yahoo.com>
Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, httpd security <security@httpd.apache.org>
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Steve Grubb wrote:
> Product: mod_perl
> Versions: 1.99_09 / apache 2.0.47
> URL: http://perl.apache.org
> Impact: Daemon Hijacking
> Bug class: Leaked Descriptor
> Vendor notified: Yes
> Fix available: No
> Date: 01/21/04
>
>
> Issue:
> ======
> Mod_perl under apache 2.0.x leaks critical file descriptors that can be used to takeover (hijack) the http and https services.
This is not a leak - mod_perl is a module that is compiled into Apache,
and hence has access to all its resources (including memory). If you
want to run untrusted Perl, then don't use mod_perl.
Cheers,
Ben.
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