CVE-2004-0942

Publication date 9 February 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Apache webserver 2.0.52 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP GET request with a MIME header containing multiple lines with a large number of space characters.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apache2 7.04 feisty
Fixed 2.2.3-3.2ubuntu0.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 2.0.55-4ubuntu4.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 2.0.55-4ubuntu2.2

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-23-1
    • apache2 vulnerability
    • 12 November 2004

Other references