Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Zervit Webserver, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Zervit Webserver "http_parse_hex()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34735
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34735/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Zervit Webserver, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.
A boundary error within the function "http_parse_hex()" in http.c can
be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by requesting an
overly long filename.
The vulnerability is reported in version 0.02. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Use another HTTP server.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
e.wiZz!
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8447
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