CVE-2006-1078 Information

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in htpasswd as used in Acme thttpd 2.25b and possibly other products such as Apache might allow local users to gain privileges via (1) a long command line argument and (2) a long line in a file. NOTE: since htpasswd is normally installed as a non-setuid program and the exploit is through command line options perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE. However if there are some typical or recommended configurations that use htpasswd with sudo privileges or common products that access htpasswd remotely then perhaps it should be included.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-09/0547.html http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31975 http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41279 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-January/051562.html http://marc.info/?l=thttpd&m=114153031201867&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=thttpd&m=114154083000296&w=2 http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Oct/0359.html http://www.security-express.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-10/1117.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426823/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16972 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25216 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31236