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Apache Web Server Linefeed Memory Allocation Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Apache 2.0 series webservers are prone to a denial-of-service condition.

Insight

Insight

This issue occurs because of the way that Apache handles excessive amounts of consecutive linefeed characters.

Solution

Solution

This vulnerability does not affect Apache 2.0.45. Users are advised to upgrade.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)