CVE-2003-1198

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Published May 10, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

connection.c in Cherokee web server before 0.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP POST request without a Content-Length header field.

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:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.6:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-1188	connection.c in Cherokee web server before 0.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP POST request without a Content-Length header field.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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: 1.6% (1.634% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://freshmeat.net/redir/cherokee/20646/url_changelog/ChangeLog
http://secunia.com/advisories/10518
http://www.osvdb.org/3306
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9345
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14119

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cherokee Cherokee Httpd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:19 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 10, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:19 AM
Reserved: May 4, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:03 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 26, 2003, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:03 PM

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