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CVE-2008-2364

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-06-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

The ap_proxy_http_process_response function in mod_proxy_http.c in the mod_proxy module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.0.63 and 2.2.8 does not limit the number of forwarded interim responses, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of interim responses.

Affected products

• Apache HTTP Server: from 2.0.35 before 2.0.64; from 2.2.0 before 2.2.9 — fixed in 2.0.64, 2.2.9
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 6.06, 7.10, 8.04
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 8, 9
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 4.7, 5.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 3.0, 4.0, 5.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache HTTP Server 2.0.64, 2.2.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0967.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30621
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31026
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31404
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31416
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31651

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