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CVE-2009-1890 Detail

Description

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://osvdb.org/55553 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35691 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35721 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35793 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35865 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37152 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37221 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable  Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-04.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/CHANGES?r1=790587&r2=790586&pathrev=790587 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/CHANGES?revision=790587 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c?r1=790587&r2=790586&pathrev=790587 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=790587 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0142 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK91259 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK99480 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1834 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:149 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1156.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507852/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507857/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35565 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022509 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-802-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required  Vendor Advisory 
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/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/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/rad01d817195e6cc871cb1d73b207ca326379a20a6e7f30febaf56d24%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb33be0aa9bd8cac9536293e3821dcd4cf8180ad95a8036eedd46365e%40%3Cusers.mina.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%3A12330 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8616 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9403 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1148.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01363.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1890
NVD Published Date:
07/05/2009
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.