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Apache HTTPD: mod_cgid denial of service (CVE-2014-0231)

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Apache HTTPD: mod_cgid denial of service (CVE-2014-0231)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/18/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/18/2014
Modified
05/24/2016

Description

The affected asset is vulnerable to this vulnerability ONLY if it is running one of the following modules: mod_cgid. Review your web server configuration for validation. A flaw was found in mod_cgid. If a server using mod_cgid hosted CGI scripts which did not consume standard input, a remote attacker could cause child processes to hang indefinitely, leading to denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_2_29
  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_10

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