An issue was discovered where the field length limit was not enforced for certain malicious requests. This could allow a remote attacker who is able to send large amounts of data to a server the ability to cause Apache children to consume proportional amounts of memory, leading to a denial of service. Affects: 2.0.52, 2.0.51, 2.0.50, 2.0.49, 2.0.48, 2.0.47, 2.0.46, 2.0.45, 2.0.44, 2.0.43, 2.0.42, 2.0.40, 2.0.39, 2.0.37, 2.0.36, 2.0.35 Proposed patch; http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=109932823014967&w=2 Public since Nov01
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-562.html