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CVE-2003-0253

The prefork MPM in Apache 2 before 2.0.47 does not properly handle certain errors from accept, which could lead to a den

The prefork MPM in Apache 2 before 2.0.47 does not properly handle certain errors from accept, which could lead to a denial of service.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.08196
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Affected Products & Versions

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apache http serverall versions
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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD18 Aug 2003 · 04:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

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rhsaRHSA-2003:240Moderate
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105776593602600&w=2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:075
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-240.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
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