CVE-2010-0408

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 21.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The ap_proxy_ajp_request function in mod_proxy_ajp.c in mod_proxy_ajp in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x before 2.2.15 does not properly handle certain situations in which a client sends no request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend server outage) via a crafted request, related to use of a 500 error code instead of the appropriate 400 error code.

Affected products

Apache HTTP Server: 2.2, 2.2.0, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.6 (+6)

References

http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039957.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040652.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557640302499&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/39100
http://secunia.com/advisories/39501
http://secunia.com/advisories/39628
http://secunia.com/advisories/39632
http://secunia.com/advisories/39656
http://secunia.com/advisories/40096

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