Upstream information

CVE-2002-0843 at MITRE

Description

Buffer overflows in the ApacheBench benchmark support program (ab.c) in Apache before 1.3.27, and Apache 2.x before 2.0.43, allow a malicious web server to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long response.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 257167 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:29:33 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:32 2025