CVE-2009-1890

EPSS 37.9%

apache2 apache2-mpm-itk - denial of service

Published: 7/5/2009Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

The stream_reqbody_cl function in mod_proxy_http.c in the mod_proxy module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.3.3, when a reverse proxy is configured, does not properly handle an amount of streamed data that exceeds the Content-Length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted requests.

Affected packages (2)

References (1)