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CVE-2009-1890

The stream_reqbody_cl function in mod_proxy_http.c in the mod_proxy module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.3.3, when

The stream_reqbody_cl function in mod_proxy_http.c in the mod_proxy module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.3.3, when a reverse proxy is configured, does not properly handle an amount of streamed data that exceeds the Content-Length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted requests.

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.3787
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

9

Scoring & Timeline

7.1
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD05 Jul 2009 · 04:30 PM

Vendor Advisories

7
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10268-1
rhsaRHSA-2009:1156Important
rhsaRHSA-2009:1160Important
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References & Sources

49
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=129190899612998&w=2Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35691Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
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