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CVE-2004-0809 json

The mod_dav module in Apache 2.0.50 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child process crash) via a certain se…

published 2004-09-16 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0807

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.2%
EPSS 17.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The mod_dav module in Apache 2.0.50 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child process crash) via a certain sequence of LOCK requests for a location that allows WebDAV authoring access.

Patch / fix

  • apache http_server 2.0.51
  • apache2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.51-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0809

  • httpd RHEL 3 2.0.46-40.ent
  • mod_ssl RHEL 3 1:2.0.46-40.ent

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:463

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0809 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 httpd 2.0.46-40.ent, mod_ssl 2.0.46-40.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 httpd 2.0.46-40.ent, mod_ssl 2.0.46-40.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 httpd 2.0.46-40.ent, mod_ssl 2.0.46-40.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 httpd 2.0.46-40.ent, mod_ssl 2.0.46-40.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:463

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

17.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • trustix.org http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0047/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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References

Sources

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