CVE-2004-0942 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 55.1% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Apache webserver 2.0.52 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP GET request with a MIME header containing multiple lines with a large number of space characters.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 55.11% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-02-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | http server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apache 2.0.52 - GET Denial of Service | 2005-03-04 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028248.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110384374213596&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19072
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102198-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-081.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:135
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-562.html
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0061/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0789
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX01123
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17930
- 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/r734a07156abf332d5ab27fb91d9d962cacfef4f3681e44056f064fa8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
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