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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2009-1891

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2009-1891

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/10/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The mod_deflate module in Apache httpd 2.2.11 and earlier compresses large files until completion even after the associated network connection is closed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption).

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-apache2
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-doc
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-example-pages
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-prefork
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-utils
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-worker
  • suse-upgrade-libapr0

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