CVE-2002-1850
mediumpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.174 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
mod_cgi in Apache 2.0.39 and 2.0.40 allows local users and possibly remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and memory consumption) by causing a CGI script to send a large amount of data to stderr, which results in a read/write deadlock between httpd and the CGI script.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-21854Apache 2.0.39/40 - Oversized STDERR Buffer Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (18)
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- http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/httpd-2.0/modules/generators/mod_cgi.c?r1=1.148.2.7&r2=1.148.2.8enisa_euvd
- http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10515enisa_euvd
- http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22030enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=103291952019514&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Sep/0253.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1007823enisa_euvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10200.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5787enisa_euvd
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