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A memory leak in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.44 allows remote...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Apr 29, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A memory leak in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.44 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via large chunks of linefeed characters, which causes Apache to allocate 80 bytes for each linefeed.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 11, 2003
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 29, 2022
Last updated Apr 3, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2003-0132

GHSA ID

GHSA-g3vc-c43j-gjjv

Source code

No known source code

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