CVE-2002-1850
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 28, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHTTP Server
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 17%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/httpd-2.0/modules/generators/mod_cgi.c?r1=1.148.2.7&r2=1.148.2.8x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10515x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22030Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=103291952019514&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Sep/0253.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007823VDB Entryx_refsource_XFBroken LinkPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10200.phpVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5787CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-667
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