CVE-2014-0231 Information

Description

The mod_cgid module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.10 does not have a timeout mechanism which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via a request to a CGI script that does not read from its stdin file descriptor.

Reference

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0304.html http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0305.html http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144493176821532&w=2 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130769/RSA-Digital-Certificate-Solution-XSS-Denial-Of-Service.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1019.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1020.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1021.html http://secunia.com/advisories/60536 http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/CHANGES http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/generators/mod_cgid.c http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/generators/mod_cgid.c?r1=1482522&r2=1535125&diff_format=h http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/generators/mod_cgid.c?r1=1565711&r2=1610509&diff_format=h http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2989 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:142 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68742 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120596 https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04832246 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0231 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-03 https://support.apple.com/HT204659