CVE-2013-5704
mediumpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.580 · 99 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The mod_headers module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.22 allows remote attackers to bypass "RequestHeader unset" directives by placing a header in the trailer portion of data sent with chunked transfer coding. NOTE: the vendor states "this is not a security issue in httpd as such."
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affected products (72)
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references (140)
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- http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgiPatchcnnvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.htmlcnnvd
- http://marc.info/?l=apache-cnnvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2cnnvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144493176821532&w=2cnnvd
- http://martin.swende.se/blog/HTTPChunked.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0325.htmlcnnvd
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