National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-3526
Original release date:09/05/2012
Last revised:09/13/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: MISC
Name: http://zecrazytux.net/troubleshooting/apache2-segfault-debugging-tutorial
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120822 Re: CVE Request: Apache mod RPAF denial of service
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120822 CVE Request: Apache mod RPAF denial of service
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2532
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 50400
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683984