CVE-2008-2364 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2008-2364?

CVE-2008-2364 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 13 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ap_proxy_http_process_response function in mod_proxy_http.c in the mod_proxy module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.0.63 and 2.2.8 does not limit the number of forwarded interim responses, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of interim responses.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2364?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Apache Http Server, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2364?

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-2008-2364 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2364 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2364, GHSA-jjpp-hx4r-hqpc.