Heap-based buffer overflow in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2014-0226
Published: July 20, 2014 / Updated: July 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32516
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0226
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Race condition in the mod_status module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.10. A remote attacker can use a crafted request that triggers improper scoreboard handling within the status_handler function in modules to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Apache HTTP Server
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
apache2 (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
apache2 (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0226
Update to version 2.4.10.
Apache HTTP Server - update to 2.4.10
apache2 (Alpine package) - update to 2.4.10-r0
apache2 (Alpine package) - update to 2.4.10-r0
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0304.html
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0305.html
- http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144493176821532&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1019.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1020.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1021.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60536
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-12.xml
- http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/CHANGES
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/generators/mod_status.c
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/generators/mod_status.c?r1=1450998&r2=1610491&diff_format=h
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/lua/lua_request.c
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/lua/lua_request.c?r1=1588989&r2=1610491&diff_format=h
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2989
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34133
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:142
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/109216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68678
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-236/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120603
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04832246
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0226
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-03
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- https://www.povonsec.com/apache-2-4-7-exploit/
Related Security Bulletins
- Heap-based buffer overflow in Apache HTTP Server
- Heap-based buffer overflow in apache2 (Alpine package)
- SUSE Linux update for apache2
- SUSE Linux update for apache2
- SUSE Linux update for the Apache Web Server
- Amazon Linux AMI update for httpd24
- Amazon Linux AMI update for httpd
- Gentoo update for Apache HTTP Server
- Slackware Linux update for httpd