CVE-2005-2728

Description

The byte-range filter in Apache 2.0 before 2.0.54 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTTP header with a large Range field.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 61.79% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory apache.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/16705	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14660	vdb entry patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-608.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10017	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/16743	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16753	third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-081.htm
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_51_apache2.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17831	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-177-1	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-15.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428138/100/0/threaded	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22006	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1246	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/16754	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18333	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:161	vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U	vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/604	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17923	third party advisory
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29962	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16789	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16714	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16769	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17036	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17288	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16956	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19072	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A760	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/16746	third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_52_apache2.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-805	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17600	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16559/	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18161	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1727	vdb entry signature
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102198-1	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0789	vdb entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r652fc951306cdeca5a276e2021a34878a76695a9f3cfb6490b4a6840%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb542d2038e9c331506e0cbff881b47e40fbe2bd93ff00979e60cdf7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	mailing list
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2728?: CVE-2005-2728 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2728?: To fix CVE-2005-2728, 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-2005-2728 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2728 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~62% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.