CVE-2009-1890

CVE-2009-1890 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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