CVE-2014-0118

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-07-17
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's mod_deflate module handled request body decompression (configured via the DEFLATE input filter). A remote attacker able to send a request whose body would be decompressed could use this flaw to consume an excessive amount of system memory and CPU on the target system.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (httpd)	ELSA-2014-0920	2014-07-23
Oracle Linux version 6 (httpd)	ELSA-2014-0920	2014-07-23
Oracle Linux version 7 (httpd)	ELSA-2014-0921	2014-07-23