CVE-2004-0942 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption by sending HTTP GET requests with malformed MIME headers containing excessive spaces.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-0942?
CVE-2004-0942 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 4 Nov 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0942?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Http Server.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0942?
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-2004-0942 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0942 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Http Server
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0942, GHSA-4vvg-48v9-mm83.