CVE-2014-0117
httpd: mod_proxy denial of service
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · July 17, 2014
Updated · August 5, 2026
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the mod_proxy httpd module. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to a server configured as a reverse proxy using a threaded Multi-Processing Modules (MPM) that would cause the httpd child process to crash.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of httpd as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, Red Hat JBoss Web Server, and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. These products include httpd 2.2, and only httpd versions 2.4.6 through 2.4.9 include the vulnerable code.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified