Huge Security Issue For Apache Mod_Rewrite Patch Your Servers Now

Posted: July 28th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker

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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7 Comments. What Say You?

  1. Scott Johnson
    July 28, 2006 at 1:30 pm

    Here’s a better link:
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395412

    Reply
  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.

    Reply
  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.

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

    dayum. Will do thanks a lot.

    Reply
  5. Uzair
    March 3, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    Damn What was that.

    Reply
  6. Uzair
    March 11, 2008 at 7:27 pm

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

    Reply

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