CVE-2015-0253

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-07-15

Description

The read_request_line function in server/protocol.c in the Apache HTTPServer 2.4.12 does not initialize the protocol structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash) by sending a request that lacks a method to an installation that enables the INCLUDES filter and has an ErrorDocument 400 directive specifying a local URI.

See more information about CVE-2015-0253 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	2.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (httpd24-httpd)	ELSA-2015-1666	2016-02-04

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