Apache 2.0: Denial of Service by memory consumption

Apache 2.0: Denial of Service by memory consumption A flaw in Apache 2.0 could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service. apache November 10, 2004 December 30, 2007: 02 70138 remote 2.0.52-r1 2.0 2.0.52-r1

The Apache HTTP Server is one of the most popular web servers on the Internet.

Chintan Trivedi discovered a vulnerability in Apache httpd 2.0 that is caused by improper enforcing of the field length limit in the header-parsing code.

By sending a large amount of specially-crafted HTTP GET requests a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service of the targeted system.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Apache 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/apache-2.0.52-r1"

CAN-2004-0942 Security vulnerabilities in Apache httpd 2.0 vorlon078 koon