CVE-2009-1890
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server (httpd) | RHSA-2009:1155 | 2009-07-14 |
| Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5) (httpd) | RHSA-2009:1156 | 2009-07-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (httpd) | RHSA-2009:1148 | 2009-07-09 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS (httpd22) | RHSA-2009:1160 | 2009-07-17 |
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