CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1890

7.1 HIGH Published 2009-07-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-07-05
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-400

Description

The stream_reqbody_cl function in mod_proxy_http.c in the mod_proxy module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.3.3, when a reverse proxy is configured, does not properly handle an amount of streamed data that exceeds the Content-Length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted requests.

Affected configurations

• apache http server (>= 2.2.0 < 2.2.12) • fedoraproject fedora 11 • debian debian linux 4.0 • debian debian linux 5.0 • debian debian linux 6.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 5.3 • redhat enterprise linux server 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 5.3 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References