CVE-2004-0940

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-131

Description

Buffer overflow in the get_tag function in mod_include for Apache 1.3.x to 1.3.32 allows local users who can create SSI documents to execute arbitrary code as the apache user via SSI (XSSI) documents that trigger a length calculation error.

Affected products

Apache HTTP Server: from 1.3 through 1.3.32
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 11.00, 11.11, 11.20, 11.22
Openpkg: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2
Slackware Linux: 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, current
Suse Linux: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
Trustix Secure Linux: 1.5

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109906660225051&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12898/
http://secunia.com/advisories/19073
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011783
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102197-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-081.htm
http://www.apacheweek.com/features/security-13
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-594
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:134
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-600.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-816.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11471

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