CVE-2010-0408 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2010-0408?

CVE-2010-0408 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 5 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ap_proxy_ajp_request function in mod_proxy_ajp.c in mod_proxy_ajp in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x before 2.2.15 does not properly handle certain situations in which a client sends no request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend server outage) via a crafted request, related to use of a 500 error code instead of the appropriate 400 error code.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0408?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Http Server.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0408?

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-2010-0408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0408 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-2010-0408, GHSA-79pg-gq5q-whfr.