{"id":"CVE-2007-4727","details":"Buffer overflow in the fcgi_env_add function in mod_proxy_backend_fastcgi.c in the mod_fastcgi extension in lighttpd before 1.4.18 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary CGI variables and execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long content length, as demonstrated by overwriting the SCRIPT_FILENAME variable, aka a \"header overflow.\"","modified":"2026-04-10T03:39:12.988125Z","published":"2007-09-12T19:17:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26732"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26794"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26824"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26997"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/27229"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secweb.se/en/advisories/lighttpd-fastcgi-remote-vulnerability/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3110"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=284511"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-213.shtml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3127"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1986"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-16.xml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.lighttpd.net/assets/2007/9/9/lighttpd_sa_2007_12.txt"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479763/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25622"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36526"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1715"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}