Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-0492

Title: Apache mod_proxy heap-based buffer overflow RCE/DoS

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-0492.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Aug 06, 2004
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
33.64%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-0492: Heap-based buffer overflow in proxy_util.c for mod_proxy in Apache 1.3.25 to 1.3.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative Content-Length HTTP header field, which causes a large amount of data to be copied.

Impacted Vendors

N
novell 1
I
ibm 1
A
a1webserver 1
H
hp 2
S
sgi 1
B
bughunter 1
L
ln-lab 1
A
apache 1

Reference Links

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040605-01-U.asc http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108711172710140&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-245.html http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2004/Jun/0296.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11841 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101555-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101841-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57628-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-525 http://www.guninski.com/modproxy1.html http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541310 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:065 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1737 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16387 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r734a07156abf332d5ab27fb91d9d962cacfef4f3681e44056f064fa8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd65d8ba68ba17e7deedafbf5bb4899f2ae4dad781d21b931c2941ac3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re895fc1736d25c8cf57e102c871613b8aeec9ea26fd8a44e7942b5ab%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f0f3611f937cf6cfb3b4fe4a67f69885855126110e1e3f2fb2728e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100112 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4863 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040605-01-U.asc http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108711172710140&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-245.html http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2004/Jun/0296.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11841 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101555-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101841-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57628-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-525 http://www.guninski.com/modproxy1.html http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541310 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:065 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1737 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16387 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r734a07156abf332d5ab27fb91d9d962cacfef4f3681e44056f064fa8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd65d8ba68ba17e7deedafbf5bb4899f2ae4dad781d21b931c2941ac3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re895fc1736d25c8cf57e102c871613b8aeec9ea26fd8a44e7942b5ab%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f0f3611f937cf6cfb3b4fe4a67f69885855126110e1e3f2fb2728e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100112 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4863
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-0492 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.