Apache HTTPD: Memory consumption DoS (CVE-2004-0942)
Description
The affected asset is vulnerable to this vulnerability ONLY if an attacker is able to send large amounts of data to the affected asset. Review your web server configuration for validation. An issue was discovered where the field length limit was not enforced for certain malicious requests. This could allow a remote attacker who is able to send large amounts of data to a server the ability to cause Apache children to consume proportional amounts of memory, leading to a denial of service.
Solution(s)
- apache-httpd-upgrade-2_0_53
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