Secunia Security Advisory - A weakness has been reported in Apache, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Apache Modules Client Disconnect Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35781
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35781/
DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in Apache, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The weakness is caused due to Apache not properly stopping certain
modules when a client disconnects. This can be exploited to e.g.
cause a high CPU load by requesting large files which are compressed
by mod_deflate and then disconnecting.
Successful exploitation requires that e.g. mod_deflate or a similar
module is enabled.
SOLUTION:
Fixed in the SVN repository.
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=791454
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in a Debian bug by François Guerraz.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Debian bug #534712:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534712
SVN commit:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=791454
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