Huge Security Issue For Apache Mod_Rewrite Patch Your Servers Now

by Jeremy Schoemaker on July 28, 2006 · 8 comments

For many people doing SEO mod_rewrite has been a god send.

But now there is a ZERO DAY exploit for apache that lets h4x0rs take over your server. Upgrade now.

http://www.net-security.org/advisory.php?id=6547

I will post some nasty examples once redhat, debian and other distro providers post there fixes.

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{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Scott Johnson July 28, 2006 at 1:30 pm
2 Art July 29, 2006 at 2:40 am

Wow, thanks for the heads up, I never would’ve known if I didn’t check here.

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3 Wealthy Webmaster August 4, 2006 at 2:11 pm

Ah great, now I need to update my servers.. I still love mod_rewrite though, it rocks! Thanks for posting this, otherwise I would’ve missed it.

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4 Publishers Weblog October 23, 2007 at 2:49 pm

dayum. Will do thanks a lot.

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5 Uzair March 3, 2008 at 5:30 pm

Damn What was that.

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6 Uzair March 11, 2008 at 7:27 pm

Now that you know, what are you going to do next. Let me know.

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