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Apache Denial of Service and Potential System Compromise Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA8881
Release Date: 2003-05-28
Popularity: 13,802 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Apache 2.0.x

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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Apache, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable system or potentially compromise it.

1) The vulnerability can be exploited through "mod_dav" and potentially also other mechanisms. Successful exploitation can result in a DoS and may also allow execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the web service according to a Red Hat advisory (see "Other References").

Versions 2.0.37 through 2.0.45 have been reported as vulnerable.

Apache Software Foundation states that further information regarding this vulnerability will be released on 30th May.


2) The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the basic authentication module and has been reported to affect versions 2.0.40 through 2.0.45 on Unix platforms. This can be exploited to cause a DoS, which makes Basic Authentication fail until the web service is restarted.

Successful exploitation requires that a threaded MPM (Multi-Processing Modules) is used.

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