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HTTP 1.0 header overflow
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Gain a shell remotely
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
It was possible to kill the web server by sending an invalid request with a too long header (From, If-Modified-Since, Referer or Content-Type) A cracker may exploit this vulnerability to make your web server crash continually or even execute arbitrary code on your system.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade your software or protect it with a filtering reverse proxy