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>> Mbedthis AppWeb "MprLogToFile::logEvent()" Remote Fomat String Vulnerability
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Title : Mbedthis AppWeb "MprLogToFile::logEvent()" Remote Fomat String Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2159
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3009
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-06-13
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A vulnerability has been identified in Mbedthis AppWeb, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by a format string error in the "MprLogToFile::logEvent()" function when processing a specially crafted HTTP GET request, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash or compromise an affected server built with logging enabled and configured with logging disabled.
Affected Products
Mbedthis AppWeb version 2.2.2 and prior
Solution
Enable logging via the configuration file.
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2159
http://www.appwebserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=969
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Nir Rachmel.
ChangeLog
2007-06-13 : Initial release
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