Apache 2.0 series webservers are prone to a denial-of-service
condition. This issue occurs because of the way that Apache handles
excessive amounts of consecutive linefeed characters. The server
may allocate large amounts of memory, resulting in a denial of
service.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: apache_cve_2003_0132.nasl 7176 2017-09-18 12:01:01Z cfischer $
#
# Apache Web Server Linefeed Memory Allocation Denial Of Service
# Vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# Michael Meyer
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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tag_solution = "This vulnerability does not affect Apache 2.0.45. Users are advised to upgrade.";
tag_summary = "Apache 2.0 series webservers are prone to a denial-of-service
condition. This issue occurs because of the way that Apache handles
excessive amounts of consecutive linefeed characters. The server
may allocate large amounts of memory, resulting in a denial of
service.";
if(description)
{
script_id(100171);
script_version("$Revision: 7176 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-09-18 14:01:01 +0200 (Mon, 18 Sep 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-05-02 19:46:33 +0200 (Sat, 02 May 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0132");
script_bugtraq_id(7254);
script_name("Apache Web Server Linefeed Memory Allocation Denial Of Service Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("http_version.nasl", "secpod_apache_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7254");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://httpd.apache.org/");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
httpdPort = get_http_port(default:80);
if(!httpdPort){
exit(0);
}
version = get_kb_item("www/" + httpdPort + "/Apache");
if(version != NULL){
if(version_is_less(version:version, test_version:"2.0.45")){
security_message(httpdPort);
}
}