CVE-2004-1097

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the cherokee_logger_ncsa_write_string function in Cherokee 0.4.17 and earlier, when authenticating via auth_pam, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the URL.

Affected products

Cherokee Httpd: 0.1, 0.1.5, 0.1.6, 0.2, 0.2.5, 0.2.6 (+5)

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67667
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-02.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11574
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17934
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67667
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-02.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11574
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17934

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