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).
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-07-10T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:27:54.767Z

Reserved: 2009-06-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-1891

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-10T15:30:00.187

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:03:38.237

Link: CVE-2009-1891

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-06-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1891 - Bugzilla