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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2020-05-25 | |
| Rule Name: | Apache HTTP Server Empty Headers Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-1303) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | A specially crafted HTTP request header could have crashed the Apache HTTP Server prior to version 2.4.30 due to an out of bound read while preparing data to be cached in shared memory. It could be used as a Denial of Service attack against users of mod_cache_socache. The vulnerability is considered as low risk since mod_cache_socache is not widely used, mod_cache_disk is not concerned by this vulnerability. | |
| Impact: | An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows, Linux, Other Unix | |
| Reference: | SecurityFocusBID:103522 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/24/3 SecurityTrackerID:1040572 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 |
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| The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit: https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html |