National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0256

Overview

Apache Traffic Server 2.0.x and 3.0.x before 3.0.4 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3 does not properly allocate heap memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long HTTP Host header.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://trafficserver.apache.org/downloads

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://trafficserver.apache.org/downloads

External Source: MISC

Name: https://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability612884.html

Hyperlink:https://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability612884.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1026847

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026847

External Source: BID

Name: 52696

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52696

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20120322 [ANNOUNCE] Apache Traffic Server releases for security incident CVE-2012-0256

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Mar/260

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20120322 [ANNOUNCE] Apache Traffic Server releases for security incident CVE-2012-0256

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0118.html