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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 22, 2010· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2010-3872

CVE-2010-3872

Description

A flaw was found in the mod_fcgid module of httpd. A malformed FastCGI response may result in a stack-based buffer overflow in the modules/fcgid/fcgid_bucket.c file in the fcgid_header_bucket_read() function, resulting in an application crash.

Affected products

5
  • Apache/Mod Fcgid5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_fcgid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_fcgid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.3.5
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_fcgid:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_fcgid:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_fcgid:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_fcgid:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

1
b1afa70840b4

SECURITY: CVE-2010-3872 (cve.mitre.org)

https://github.com/apache/httpd-mod_fcgidJeff TrawickNov 4, 2010via osv
2 files changed · +5 1
  • CHANGES-FCGID+4 0 modified
    @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
                                                              -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
     Changes with mod_fcgid 2.3.6
     
    +  *) SECURITY: CVE-2010-3872 (cve.mitre.org)
    +     Fix possible stack buffer overwrite.  Diagnosed by the reporter.
    +     PR 49406.  [Edgar Frank <ef-lists email.de>]
    +
       *) Change the default for FcgidMaxRequestLen from 1GB to 128K.
          Administrators should change this to an appropriate value based on
          site requirements.  [Jeff Trawick]
    
  • modules/fcgid/fcgid_bucket.c+1 1 modified
    @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static apr_status_t fcgid_header_bucket_read(apr_bucket * b,
     
             /* Initialize header */
             putsize = fcgid_min(bufferlen, sizeof(header) - hasread);
    -        memcpy(&header + hasread, buffer, putsize);
    +        memcpy((apr_byte_t *)&header + hasread, buffer, putsize);
             hasread += putsize;
     
             /* Ignore the bytes that have read */
    

Vulnerability mechanics

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