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National Vulnerability Database

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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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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

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/

Official Statement from Apache (07/02/2008)

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0967.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30621 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31026 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31404 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31416 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31651 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31904 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32685 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32838 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33156 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33797 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34219 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-06.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247666-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c?r1=666154&r2=666153&pathrev=666154 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0328 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27008517 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK67579 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:195 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:237 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujuly2013-1899826.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0966.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494858/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498567/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29653 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020267 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1798 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42987 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dd6be4dc38148704f2edafb44a8712abaa3a2be120d6c3314d55919%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r84d043c2115176958562133d96d851495d712aa49da155d81f6733be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8c9983f1172a3415f915ddb7e14de632d2d0c326eb1285755a024165%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4c53a0d57b2771ecd4b965010580db355e38137c8711311ee1073a8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11713 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6084 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9577 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00055.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00153.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat 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:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.