CVE-2007-3847 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote origin servers can crash the Apache caching forward proxy via crafted date headers, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-3847?
CVE-2007-3847 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 23 Aug 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The date handling code in modules/proxy/proxy_util.c (mod_proxy) in Apache 2.3.0, when using a threaded MPM, allows remote origin servers to cause a denial of service (caching forward proxy process crash) via crafted date headers that trigger a buffer over-read.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3847?
It affects 4 products.
Linux distribution packages (36)
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-manual Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-suexec Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
mod_ssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-manual Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-suexec Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
mod_ssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-manual Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-suexec Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
mod_ssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-manual Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd-suexec Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.0.52-38.ent |
mod_ssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 1:2.0.52-38.ent |
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.2.3-11.el5 |
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.2.3-11.el5 |
mod_ssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 1:2.2.3-11.el5 |
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.2.3-11.el5 |
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.2.3-11.el5 |
httpd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.2.3-11.el5 |
httpd-manual Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.2.3-11.el5 |
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.2.3-11.el5 |
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.2.3-11.el5 |
httpd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.2.3-11.el5 |
httpd-manual Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.2.3-11.el5 |
mod_ssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 1:2.2.3-11.el5 |
Products include Apache Http Server, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Fedoraproject Fedora Core.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3847?
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-2007-3847 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3847 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Http Server
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3847, GHSA-v7h4-gr67-jxvj, RHSA-2007:0746, RHSA-2007:0747.