Security Advisory

CVE-2009-1891

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2009-07-10 15:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 05:27:54
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The mod_deflate module in Apache httpd 2.2.11 and earlier compresses large files until completion even after the associated network connection is closed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption).