National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0748
Original release date:10/20/2004
Last revised:08/21/2010
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
mod_ssl in Apache 2.0.50 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by aborting an SSL connection in a way that causes an Apache child process to enter an infinite loop.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
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
Official Statement from Apache (07/02/2008)
Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.51:
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html
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External Source: XF
Name: apache-modssl-dos(17200)
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2004:349
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=130750
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2004-0047
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2004:030
External Source: MANDRAKE
Name: MDKSA-2004:096
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200409-21
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11126
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11126
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5