CVE-2003-0132 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 86.7% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
A memory leak in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.44 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via large chunks of linefeed characters, which causes Apache to allocate 80 bytes for each linefeed.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 86.68% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-772 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-04-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | http server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apache 2.0.44 (Linux) - Remote Denial of Service | 2003-04-11 |
| exploit-db | Apache 2.x - Memory Leak | 2003-04-09 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104931360606484&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104982175321731&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104994239010517&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104994309010974&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105001663120995&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105013378320711&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8499
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=205147
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/04.08.03.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/206537
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-139.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1233
- 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
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7035b7c9091c4b665a3b7205364775410646f12125d48e74e395f2ce%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
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