Out-of-Bounds Affecting mod_fcgid package, versions [,2.3.6]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.81% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MODFCGID-2382115
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Mar 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Mar 2012

CVE-2012-1181  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for mod_fcgid.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds fcgid_spawn_ctl.c in the mod_fcgid module 2.3.6 for the Apache HTTP Server does not recognize the FcgidMaxProcessesPerClass directive for a virtual host, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of HTTP requests that triggers a process count higher than the intended limit.

CVSS Base Scores

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