Vulnerability CVE-2014-3581
Published: 2014-10-10   Modified: 2014-10-13

Description:
The cache_merge_headers_out function in modules/cache/cache_util.c in the mod_cache module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty HTTP Content-Type header.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Apache -> Apache http server 

 References:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0325.html
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/CHANGES?view=markup&pathrev=1627749
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1624234
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71656
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031005
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2523-1
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97027
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149709
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-02
https://support.apple.com/HT205219
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
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