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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-04 Normal: Apache 2.4 Security Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2005
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Apache 2.0 on Gentoo Linux has a vulnerability that poses a Denial of Service threat; users should consider upgrading promptly.
A bug in Apache may allow a remote attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200508-15 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Apache 2.0: Denial of Service vulnerability Date: August 25, 2005 Bugs: #102991 ID: 200508-15

Synopsis ======= A bug in Apache may allow a remote attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack.
Background ========= The Apache HTTP Server Project is a featureful, freely-available HTTP (Web) server.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-www/apache < 2.0.54-r9 >= 2.0.54-r9 < 2.0
========== Filip Sneppe discovered that Apache improperly handles byterange requests to CGI scripts.
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