Apache mod_ssl Null Pointer Dereference May Let Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1015447 |
SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1015447
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2005-3357
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jan 6 2006
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Apache mod_ssl. A remote user can cause the server to crash in certain cases.
When an SSL virtual host is configured with access control and a custom 400 error document, a remote user can send a specially crafted request to trigger a null pointer dereference. This may cause the server to crash when using the non-default worker
Multi-Processing Module.
The original bug report is available at:
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37791
Hartmut Keil reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
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Solution:
No upstream solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.modssl.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error, State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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