CVE-2004-0174

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0174
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-05-04 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionApache 1.4.x before 1.3.30, and 2.0.x before 2.0.49, when using multiple listening sockets on certain platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked new connections) via a "short-lived connection on a rarely-accessed listening socket."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-667 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0027 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org Broken Link
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
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404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.apache.org Broken Link
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
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Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Apache 1.3: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#132110 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.com Mailing List, Patch
'TSLSA-2004-0017 - apache' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Patch
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
Apache Connection Blocking Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.021] OpenPKG Security Advisory (apache)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apache Web Server Socket Starvation Flaw May Let Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Patch
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
#101555: Security Vulnerabilities in the Apache Web Server and Apache Modules (formerly Document ID: 57628) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
'[[email protected]: APPLE-SA-2004-05-03 Security Update 2004-05-03]' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Patch
'[security bulletin] SSRT4717 rev.0 HP Tru64 UNIX SSL/TLS Potential Remote Denial of Service (DoS)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Patch
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
#57628: Security Vulnerabilities in the Apache Web Server and Apache Modules java.lang.NullPointerException af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Apache Connection Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Apache2008-07-02Mark J CoxFixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.49, and 1.3.31: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_13.html
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect Linux.

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