CVE-2002-1850 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02569.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apache Subscribe	Http Server Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.39:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.40:::::::*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/httpd-2.0/modules/generators/mod_cgi.c?r1=1.148.2.7&r2=1.148.2.8
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10515
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22030
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=103291952019514&w=2
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Sep/0253.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007823
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10200.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5787
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8725

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-28T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:43:32.800Z

Reserved: 2005-06-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-1850

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-1850

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-667

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