CVE-2001-1072

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Apache with mod_rewrite enabled on most UNIX systems allows remote attackers to bypass RewriteRules by inserting extra / (slash) characters into the requested path, which causes the regular expression in the RewriteRule to fail.

Apache with mod_rewrite enabled on most UNIX systems allows remote attackers to bypass RewriteRules by inserting extra / (slash) characters into the requested path, which causes the regular expression in the RewriteRule to fail.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server

First reported 23 years ago

2001-08-31 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3.14

1.3.14

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3.17

1.3.17

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3.19

1.3.19

References

http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-02-01#security

20010812 Are your mod_rewrite rules doing what you expect?

Patch, Vendor Advisory

3176

Patch, Vendor Advisory

apache-rewrite-bypass-directives(8633)

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