First published: Fri Sep 17 2004(Updated: )
The IPv6 URI parsing routines in the apr-util library for Apache 2.0.50 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child process crash) via a certain URI, as demonstrated using the Codenomicon HTTP Test Tool.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Apache Http Server | >=2.0.35<2.0.51 |
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CVE-2004-0786 has a severity rating that indicates it can lead to denial of service through process crashes.
To mitigate CVE-2004-0786, upgrade to Apache HTTP Server version 2.0.51 or later.
CVE-2004-0786 affects Apache HTTP Server versions 2.0.35 to 2.0.50 inclusive.
Not addressing CVE-2004-0786 may result in service interruptions due to crashes caused by malformed IPv6 URIs.
CVE-2004-0786 can be exploited by remote attackers using specially crafted URIs to crash the server.