National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2002-1593
Original release date:09/25/2002
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
mod_dav in Apache before 2.0.42 does not properly handle versioning hooks, which may allow remote attackers to kill a child process via a null dereference and cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) in a preforked multi-processing module.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
Solution
The vendor has addressed this issue in version v2.0.42.}
- Official Statement from Apache (07/02/2008)
-
Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.42:
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#406121
Name: VU#406121
Type: Advisory
External Source: XF
Name: apache-mod-dav-dos(10208)
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 5816
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.0
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1005285