CVE-2004-0113 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption by sending plain HTTP requests to the SSL port of an Apache server.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2004-0113?

CVE-2004-0113 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory leak in ssl_engine_io.c for mod_ssl in Apache 2 before 2.0.49 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via plain HTTP requests to the SSL port of an SSL-enabled server.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0113?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (16)
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
mod_ssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions1:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
mod_ssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions1:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
mod_ssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions1:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
httpd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions0:2.0.46-32.ent
mod_ssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions1:2.0.46-32.ent

Products include Apache Http Server.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0113?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2004-0113 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0113 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apache Http Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0113, GHSA-hq2q-rqpw-7wx5, RHSA-2004:084.

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