guestbook.pl cleanses user-inserted SSI commands by removing text between "<!--" and "-->" separators, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when guestbook.pl is run on Apache 1.3.9 and possibly other versions, since Apache allows other closing sequences besides "-->".
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.483Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1053

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 1999-09-13T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T20:18:36.713

Link: CVE-1999-1053

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