CVE-2007-1349 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via resource consumption by sending a crafted URI to Apache mod_perl due to improper PATH_INFO escaping.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2007-1349?

CVE-2007-1349 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

PerlRun.pm in Apache mod_perl before 1.30, and RegistryCooker.pm in mod_perl 2.x, does not properly escape PATH_INFO before use in a regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted URI.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1349?

It affects 7 products.

Linux distribution packages (39)
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::asAll versions0:1.26-8.el2
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::awAll versions0:1.26-8.el2
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::esAll versions0:1.26-8.el2
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::wsAll versions0:1.26-8.el2
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions0:1.99_09-12.ent
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:1.99_16-4.5
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationAll versions0:2.0.2-6.3.el5
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationAll versions0:2.0.2-6.3.el5
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationAll versions0:2.0.2-6.3.el5
mod_perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:2.0.2-6.3.el5
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:2.0.2-6.3.el5
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:2.0.2-6.3.el5
mod_perl Red Hat:network_proxy:5.1::el4All versions0:2.0.2-12.el4
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:network_proxy:5.1::el4All versions0:2.0.2-12.el4
mod_perl Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:1All versions0:2.0.3-1.el4s1.3
mod_perl-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:1All versions0:2.0.3-1.el4s1.3
mod_perl-devel Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:1All versions0:2.0.3-1.el4s1.3

Products include Apache Mod Perl, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1349?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-1349 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1349, GHSA-fxxc-hq33-c3m6, RHSA-2007:0395, RHSA-2007:0396, RHSA-2007:0486, RHSA-2008:0627.

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