Denial of Service and Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Apache httpd 2.0.49

CVE-2004-0493 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

The ap_get_mime_headers_core function in Apache httpd 2.0.49 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion), and possibly an integer signedness error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow on 64 bit systems, via long header lines with large numbers of space or tab characters.

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