CVE-2012-3526

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The reverse proxy add forward module (mod_rpaf) 0.5 and 0.6 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server or application crash) via multiple X-Forwarded-For headers in a request.

Affected products

Thomas Eibner Mod Rpaf: 0.5, 0.6

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683984
http://secunia.com/advisories/50400
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2532
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/22/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/22/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55154
http://zecrazytux.net/troubleshooting/apache2-segfault-debugging-tutorial
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77987
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683984
http://secunia.com/advisories/50400
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2532
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/22/2

Get alerted when CVE-2012-3526 or the next vulnerability affects your stack