CVE-2001-1342
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2002-06-25 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 04:51
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Apache before 1.3.20 on Windows and OS/2 systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (GPF) via an HTTP request for a URI that contains a large number of / (slash) or other characters, which causes certain functions to dereference a null pointer.
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
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