CVE-2005-1344 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-1344?

CVE-2005-1344 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 27 Apr 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in htdigest in Apache 2.0.52 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long realm argument. NOTE: since htdigest is normally only locally accessible and not setuid or setgid, there are few attack vectors which would lead to an escalation of privileges, unless htdigest is executed from a CGI program. Therefore this may not be a vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1344?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Http Server.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1344?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2005-1344 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-1344 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1344, GHSA-p8pw-2w2f-8jr7.