CVE-2010-3872

Publication date 22 November 2010

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libapache2-mod-fcgid	10.10 maverick	Fixed 1:2.3.5-2ubuntu0.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1:2.3.4-2ubuntu0.2
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 1:2.2-1ubuntu0.9.10.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1:2.2-1ubuntu0.8.04.1
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libapache2-mod-fcgid	Upstream: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1030894

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3872