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Description: The htpasswd utility has a buffer overflow vulnerability. Web sites that use an unchecked public interface to htpasswd can be used to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ...
A buffer overflow occurs when a program or process attempts to write more data to a fixed-length block of memory, or buffer, than the buffer is allocated to hold. Buffers contain a defined amount of ...
Buffer overflow problems always have been associated with security vulnerabilities. In the past, lots of security breaches have occurred due to buffer overflow. This article attempts to explain what ...