Apache 2.0: Denial of Service vulnerability

Apache 2.0: Denial of Service vulnerability A bug in Apache may allow a remote attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack. apache 2005-08-25 2007-12-30 102991 remote 2.0.54-r9 2.0 2.0.54-r9

The Apache HTTP Server Project is a featureful, freely-available HTTP (Web) server.

Filip Sneppe discovered that Apache improperly handles byterange requests to CGI scripts.

A remote attacker may access vulnerable scripts in a malicious way, exhausting all RAM and swap space on the server, resulting in a Denial of Service of the Apache server.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All apache users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/apache-2.0.54-r9"

ASF Bugzilla Bug 29962 CVE-2005-2728 DerCorny koon adir