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CVE-2004-0942 json

Apache webserver 2.0.52 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP GET request with a M…

published 2004-11-04 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0940

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
58.7%
EPSS 58.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Apache webserver 2.0.52 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP GET request with a MIME header containing multiple lines with a large number of space characters.

Patch / fix

  • apache2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.52-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0942

  • httpd RHEL 3 2.0.46-44.ent
  • mod_ssl RHEL 3 1:2.0.46-44.ent

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:562

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-2004-0942 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 httpd 2.0.46-44.ent, mod_ssl 2.0.46-44.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 httpd 2.0.46-44.ent, mod_ssl 2.0.46-44.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 httpd 2.0.46-44.ent, mod_ssl 2.0.46-44.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 httpd 2.0.46-44.ent, mod_ssl 2.0.46-44.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:562

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-855)

Exploit prediction

58.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-855 Apache 2.0.52 - GET Denial of Service dos, 2005-03-04

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

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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