HIGH
security flaw
Published Oct 30, 2003
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 30.43%
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and (2) mod_rewrite for Apache before 1.3.29 allow attackers to create configuration files to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with more than 9 captures.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.6
- 1.3.9
- 1.3.11
- 1.3.12
- 1.3.14
- 1.3.17
- 1.3.18
- 1.3.19
- 1.3.20
- 1.3.22
- 1.3.23
- 1.3.24
- 1.3.25
- 1.3.26
- 1.3.27
- 1.3.28
- 2.0
- 2.0.28
- 2.0.32
- 2.0.35
- 2.0.36
- 2.0.37
- 2.0.38
- 2.0.39
- 2.0.40
- 2.0.41
- 2.0.42
- 2.0.43
- 2.0.44
- 2.0.45
- 2.0.46
- 2.0.47
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
httpd-0:2.0.46-26.ent
Fixed · RHSA-2004:015
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:360
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:360
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:360
Red Hat Linux 7.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:405
Red Hat Linux 7.2
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:405
Red Hat Linux 7.3
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:405
Red Hat Linux 8.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:320
Red Hat Linux 9
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:320
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:360
Red Hat Stronghold 4
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2004:139
Stronghold 4.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1)
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2005:816
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | httpd-0:2.0.46-26.ent | Fixed | RHSA-2004:015 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:360 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:360 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:360 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:405 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.2 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:405 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.3 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:405 |
| Red Hat Linux 8.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:320 |
| Red Hat Linux 9 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:320 |
| Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:360 |
| Red Hat Stronghold 4 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2004:139 |
| Stronghold 4.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1) | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2005:816 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
30.43% 0.30428
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.30428
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 30.43% (0.30428) | 98.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 30.43% (0.30428) | 98.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 12.73% (0.12730) | 95.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.41% (0.00406) | 58.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 42.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 39.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00068) | 27.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.53% (0.05533) | 90.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.53% (0.05533) | 89.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.53% (0.05533) | 76.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (57)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.6/SCOSA-2004.6.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20031203-01-U.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Jan/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00045.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106761802305141&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10096 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10098 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10102 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10112 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10114 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10153 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10260 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10264 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10463 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10580 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10593 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101444-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101841-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/434566 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549142 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:103 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-320.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-360.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-405.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-816.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6079 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342674 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8911 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9504 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0542 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617048 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13400 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7035b7c9091c4b665a3b7205364775410646f12125d48e74e395f2ce%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa117ef183f0da9b3f46efbeaa66f7622bd68868a450cae4fd8ed594%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re028d61fe612b0908595d658b9b39e74bca56f2a1ed3c5f06b5ab571%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f0f3611f937cf6cfb3b4fe4a67f69885855126110e1e3f2fb2728e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0542
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3799 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A863 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A864 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9458 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0542
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 30, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jul 14, 2003
Link CVE-2003-0542
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a