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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2003-0132 Detail

Description

A memory leak in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.44 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via large chunks of linefeed characters, which causes Apache to allocate 80 bytes for each linefeed.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Apache (07/02/2008)

Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.45: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104931360606484&w=2 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104982175321731&w=2 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104994239010517&w=2 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104994309010974&w=2 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105001663120995&w=2 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105013378320711&w=2 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34920 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/8499 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=205147 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/04.08.03.txt CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/206537 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-139.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1233 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7035b7c9091c4b665a3b7205364775410646f12125d48e74e395f2ce%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd00b45b93fda4a5bd013b28587207d0e00f99f6e3308dbb6025f3b01%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re028d61fe612b0908595d658b9b39e74bca56f2a1ed3c5f06b5ab571%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A156 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0132
NVD Published Date:
04/11/2003
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE