CVE-2001-1556

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The log files in Apache web server contain information directly supplied by clients and does not filter or quote control characters, which could allow remote attackers to hide HTTP requests and spoof source IP addresses when logs are viewed with UNIX programs such as cat, tail, and grep.

The log files in Apache web server contain information directly supplied by clients and does not filter or quote control characters, which could allow remote attackers to hide HTTP requests and spoof source IP addresses when logs are viewed with UNIX programs such as cat, tail, and grep.

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:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:26:00

Affected Software

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server

References

20011024 Hidden requests to Apache

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/logs.html

apache-hidden-http-request(7363)

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