CVE-2009-1891
No CVSS score yet. EPSS 17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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).
- EPSS
- 17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-400
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:http_server
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534712
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00006.html
- http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=124621326524824&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=124661528519546&w=2