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CVE-2005-2728
published 2005-08-30

CVE-2005-2728: The byte-range filter in Apache 2.0 before 2.0.54 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTTP header with a large…

PriorityP420medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
10.98%
95.4th percentile
The byte-range filter in Apache 2.0 before 2.0.54 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTTP header with a large Range field.

Affected

24 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
apachehttp_server
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debianapache2< apache2 2.0.54-5 (bookworm)apache2 2.0.54-5 (bookworm)

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Attack vector is an HTTP request with an abnormally large 'Range' header field, triggering memory exhaustion in Apache's byte-range filter handler
  • Monitor for HTTP requests containing oversized Range headers targeting Apache 2.0 servers prior to version 2.0.54
  • ·Only Apache 2.0 versions prior to 2.0.54 are vulnerable; the byte-range filter was the specific component affected

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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