CVE-2014-3523

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-07-15
Bugzilla:
1121519: CVE-2014-3523 httpd: WinNT MPM denial of service

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Memory leak in the winnt_accept function in server/mpm/winnt/child.c in the WinNT MPM in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x before 2.4.10 on Windows, when the default AcceptFilter is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted requests.

Find out more about CVE-2014-3523 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not affected. This issue did not affect the versions of httpd as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7, Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1 and 2, and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 and 6. This flaw only affects httpd running on Microsoft Windows. Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1 and 2, and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 and 6 can be run on Microsoft Windows. However, these products provide httpd 2.2, which is not affected by this flaw.

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

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 RHSA-2016:2957 2016-12-15

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux httpd24-httpd Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 httpd Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 httpd Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 httpd Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 httpd Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 httpd Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 httpd Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 httpd Not affected
Red Hat Directory Server 8 httpd Not affected

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