CVE-2002-1850

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Published Jun 28, 2005 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 17.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

mod_cgi in Apache 2.0.39 and 2.0.40 allows local users and possibly remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and memory consumption) by causing a CGI script to send a large amount of data to stderr, which results in a read/write deadlock between httpd and the CGI script.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.39:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.40:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 17.4% (17.408% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/httpd-2.0/modules/generators/mod_cgi.c?r1=1.148.2.7&r2=1.148.2.8
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10515
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22030
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=103291952019514&w=2
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Sep/0253.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007823
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10200.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5787
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8725

History

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Subscriptions

Apache Http Server

Weaknesses

CWE-667

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:43 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 28, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:43 AM
Reserved: Jun 29, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:00 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2002, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:00 PM

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