CVE-2003-0132

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 86.72% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104994239010517&w=2 mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1233 third party advisory vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105013378320711&w=2 mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/04.08.03.txt third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104982175321731&w=2 mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/34920 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A156 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/8499 third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105001663120995&w=2 mailing list third party advisory issue tracking exploit
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-139.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104931360606484&w=2 mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=205147 broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104994309010974&w=2 mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/206537 third party advisory us government resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0132?
CVE-2003-0132 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-0132?
To fix CVE-2003-0132, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2003-0132 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2003-0132 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~87% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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