Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Apache. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted requests to cause the HTTP byterange filter code to consume excessive memory on the target system. This may cause the target system to become unstable.
The 'Range' and 'Range-Request' headers are affected.
This vulnerability is being actively exploited.
A demonstration exploit is available at:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17696/
Kingcope reported this vulnerability.
Impact:
A remote user can cause the target system to become unstable.
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