Buffer overflow in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2006-20001

Vulnerability identifier: #VU71241

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2006-20001

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the mod_dav module when handling HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request, trigger a one byte buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Apache HTTP Server
IBM HTTP Server
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
Gentoo Linux
QuTScloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
IBM i
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
IBM Tivoli Monitoring
IBM Rational Build Forge
QuTS hero
IBM Cloud Pak System
JBoss Core Services
EMC ECS
HP-UX
NetWorker Management Console (NMC)
QNAP QTS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
apache2-bin (Ubuntu package)
apache2 (Ubuntu package)
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11 (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-chil (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-apr-util (Red Hat package)
mod_http2
jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 (Red Hat package)
mod_md
jbcs-httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package)
apache2
apache2-worker-debuginfo
apache2-debuginfo
apache2-debugsource
apache2-example-pages
apache2-prefork
apache2-prefork-debuginfo
apache2-utils
apache2-utils-debuginfo
apache2-worker
apache2-doc
apache2-devel
httpd-manual
httpd-filesystem
mod_ssl
mod_session
mod_proxy_html
mod_ldap
httpd-tools
httpd
httpd-devel
httpd-debugsource
httpd-debuginfo
httpd-help
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package)
apache2-event-debuginfo
apache2-event
httpd (Red Hat package)
www-servers/apache
apache2 (Debian package)
httpd24
jbcs-httpd24-mod_security (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-curl (Red Hat package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache HTTP Server - update to 2.4.55
QuTScloud - update to c5.0.1.2374
QuTS hero - update to h5.1.0.2392 build 20230508
JBoss Core Services - update to 2.4.51 SP2
EMC ECS - update to 3.7.0.6
QNAP QTS - update to 5.1.0.2348 20230325
IBM Rational Build Forge - update to 8.0.0.24
apache2-bin (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
apache2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.26, 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.13, 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.3, 2.4.54-2ubuntu1.1
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 0.4.10-33.el7jbcs, 0.4.10-33.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-chil (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.0.0-18.el7jbcs, 1.0.0-18.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.3.18-2.el7jbcs, 1.3.18-2.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-apr-util (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.1-101.el7jbcs, 1.6.1-101.el8jbcs
mod_http2 - update to 1.15.7-5
jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.15.19-23.el7jbcs, 1.15.19-23.el8jbcs
mod_md - update to 2.0.8-8
jbcs-httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.0-20.el7jbcs, 2.4.0-20.el8jbcs
apache2 - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-worker-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-example-pages - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-prefork - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-prefork-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-utils - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-utils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-worker - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-doc - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.94.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.72.1, 2.4.51-35.22.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.51.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
httpd-manual - update to 2.4.37-51.0.2
httpd-filesystem - update to 2.4.37-51.0.2
mod_ssl - update to 2.4.37-51.0.2
mod_session - update to 2.4.37-51.0.2
mod_proxy_html - update to 2.4.37-51.0.2
mod_ldap - update to 2.4.37-51.0.2
httpd-tools - update to 2.4.37-51.0.2
httpd - update to 2.4.37-51.0.2
httpd-devel - update to 2.4.37-51.0.2
mod_ssl - update to 2.4.43-20
httpd-devel - update to 2.4.43-20
httpd-debugsource - update to 2.4.43-20
mod_proxy_html - update to 2.4.43-20
mod_ldap - update to 2.4.43-20
mod_md - update to 2.4.43-20
httpd-tools - update to 2.4.43-20
httpd-debuginfo - update to 2.4.43-20
mod_session - update to 2.4.43-20
httpd-help - update to 2.4.43-20
httpd - update to 2.4.43-20
httpd-filesystem - update to 2.4.43-20
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.51-39.el7jbcs, 2.4.51-39.el8jbcs
apache2-event-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-event - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150400.6.6.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
httpd (Red Hat package) - update to 2.4.53-7.el9_1.1
httpd - update to 2.4.55
httpd - update to 2.4.55-1
httpd - addressed in versions 2.4.55-1.fc36, 2.4.55-1.fc37
www-servers/apache - update to 2.4.56
apache2 (Debian package) - update to 2.4.56-1~deb11u1
httpd24 - update to 2.4.56-1.100
jbcs-httpd24-mod_security (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.9.3-24.el7jbcs, 2.9.3-24.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-curl (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 8.0.1-1.el7jbcs, 8.0.1-1.el8jbcs
IBM HTTP Server - addressed in versions 8.5.5.24, 9.0.5.15
NetWorker Management Console (NMC) - addressed in versions 19.7.0.4, 19.7.1.1, 19.8.0.2

• https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#2.4.55

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• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell NetWorker Management Console (NMC)
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• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell ECS
• Fedora 37 update for httpd
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• Multiple vulnerabilities in QNAP operating systems
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