CVE-2006-0042

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in (1) apreq_parse_headers and (2) apreq_parse_urlencoded functions in Apache2::Request (Libapreq2) before 2.07 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unknown attack vectors that result in quadratic computational complexity.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 7.08% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apache.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/19658	third party advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/httpd/apreq/tags/v2_07/CHANGES?rev=376998&view=markup	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1000	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19139	third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/18846	third party advisory patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0645	vdb entry third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24917	vdb entry third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/737	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16710	vdb entry third party advisory patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-08.xml	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0042?: CVE-2006-0042 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0042?: To fix CVE-2006-0042, 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-2006-0042 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-0042 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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