Description

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A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the htpasswd utility included with Apache. The vulnerability is due to improper bounds checking when copying user-supplied 'user' data into local buffers.

Affected Apache versions (up to 1.3.33).

Remediation

Make sure htpasswd does not run setuid and is not accessible through any CGI scripts.

References

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