Description

Apache with mod_rewrite enabled on most UNIX systems allows remote attackers to bypass RewriteRules by inserting extra / (slash) characters into the requested path, which causes the regular expression in the RewriteRule to fail.

Remediation

References

CVE-2001-1072

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2001-1072

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities