CVE-2004-1097: Cherokee Httpd

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 5.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in the cherokee_logger_ncsa_write_string function in Cherokee 0.4.17 and earlier, when authenticating via auth_pam, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the URL.

Affected products

• Cherokee Cherokee Httpd: version 0.1 only; version 0.1.5 only; version 0.1.6 only; version 0.2 only; version 0.2.5 only; version 0.2.6 only; …

Published 2005-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.