CVE-2014-0231

Publication date 20 July 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The mod_cgid module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.10 does not have a timeout mechanism, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via a request to a CGI script that does not read from its stdin file descriptor.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apache2	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.7
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.14

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
apache2	Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1610512 Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1610522 Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1611185

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2299-1
Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
23 July 2014

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0231