Jul 28 2006
Jeremy Schoemaker

Huge Security Issue For Apache Mod_Rewrite Patch Your Servers Now

By Jeremy Schoemaker 7 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 h4×0rs 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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    Scott Johnson said on July 28th, 2006 at 1:30 pm

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

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    Art said on July 29th, 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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    Wealthy Webmaster said on August 4th, 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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    Publishers Weblog said on October 23rd, 2007 at 2:49 pm

    dayum. Will do thanks a lot.

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    Uzair said on March 3rd, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    Damn What was that.

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    Uzair said on March 11th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

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

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