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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2364 Detail

Description

The ap_proxy_http_process_response function in mod_proxy_http.c in the mod_proxy module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.0.63 and 2.2.8 does not limit the number of forwarded interim responses, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of interim responses.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Apache (07/02/2008)

Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9. http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html

Official Statement from Red Hat (06/26/2008)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2364 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Broken Link  Mailing List 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Broken Link  Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0967.html Third Party Advisory 
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http://secunia.com/advisories/30621 Not Applicable  Vendor Advisory 
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-06.xml Third Party Advisory 
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Broken Link 
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http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c?r1=666154&r2=666153&pathrev=666154 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c?r1=666154&r2=666153&pathrev=666154 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0328 Broken Link 
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http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27008517 Third Party Advisory 
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujuly2013-1899826.html Third Party Advisory 
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0966.html Third Party Advisory 
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494858/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29653 Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020267 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1 Third Party Advisory 
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1798 Permissions Required 
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320 Permissions Required 
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42987 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11713 Third Party Advisory 
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00055.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00055.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00153.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00153.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2364
NVD Published Date:
06/13/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.