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mod_ssl off by one

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Checks for version of mod_ssl Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote host is using a version of mod_ssl which is older than 2.8.10. This version is vulnerable to an off by one buffer overflow which may permit a user with write access to .htaccess files to execute arbitrary code on the system with permissions of the web server. *** Note that several Linux distributions (such as RedHat) *** patched the old version of this module. Therefore, this *** might be a false positive. Please check with your vendor *** to acertain if you really are vulnerable to this flaw Solution : Upgrade to version 2.8.10 or newer Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 5084 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Thomas Reinke

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