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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200411-18">
+ <title>Apache 2.0: Denial of Service by memory consumption</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A flaw in Apache 2.0 could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of
+ Service.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">apache</product>
+ <announced>2004-11-10</announced>
+ <revised count="02">2007-12-30</revised>
+ <bug>70138</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="www-servers/apache" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.0.52-r1</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="lt">2.0</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.52-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ The Apache HTTP Server is one of the most popular web servers on the Internet.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Chintan Trivedi discovered a vulnerability in Apache httpd 2.0 that is caused by improper enforcing of the field length limit in the header-parsing code.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ By sending a large amount of specially-crafted HTTP GET requests a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service of the targeted system.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Apache 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-servers/apache-2.0.52-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0942">CAN-2004-0942</uri>
+ <uri link="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/security-20">Security vulnerabilities in Apache httpd 2.0</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-11-08T09:58:15Z">
+ vorlon078
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-11-09T20:43:00Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>