CVE-2005-1268 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-1268?

CVE-2005-1268 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 5 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Off-by-one error in the mod_ssl Certificate Revocation List (CRL) verification callback in Apache, when configured to use a CRL, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child process crash) via a CRL that causes a buffer overflow of one null byte.

Weakness: CWE-193

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1268?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Apache Http Server, Debian Debian Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1268?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2005-1268 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1268, GHSA-rcfg-8mwj-24g2.