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CVE-2014-3581

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Oct 10, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3581
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

The cache_merge_headers_out function in modules/cache/cache_util.c in the mod_cache module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty HTTP Content-Type header.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Http_serverApache2.4.1 (including)2.4.1 (including)
Http_serverApache2.4.2 (including)2.4.2 (including)
Http_serverApache2.4.3 (including)2.4.3 (including)
Http_serverApache2.4.4 (including)2.4.4 (including)
Http_serverApache2.4.6 (including)2.4.6 (including)
Http_serverApache2.4.7 (including)2.4.7 (including)
Http_serverApache2.4.9 (including)2.4.9 (including)
Http_serverApache2.4.10 (including)2.4.10 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHathttpd-0:2.4.6-31.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0RedHat*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHatapache-commons-collections-eap6-0:3.2.1-18.redhat_7.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHathttpd24-0:2.4.6-59.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHatmod_bmx-0:0.9.5-7.GA.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHatmod_cluster-native-0:1.3.1-6.Final_redhat_2.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat7-0:7.0.59-42_patch_01.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat8-0:8.0.18-52_patch_01.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat-vault-0:1.0.8-4.Final_redhat_4.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHatapache-commons-collections-eap6-0:3.2.1-18.redhat_7.1.ep6.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHathttpd24-0:2.4.6-59.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHatmod_bmx-0:0.9.5-7.GA.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHatmod_cluster-native-0:1.3.1-6.Final_redhat_2.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHattomcat7-0:7.0.59-42_patch_01.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHattomcat8-0:8.0.18-52_patch_01.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHattomcat-vault-0:1.0.8-4.Final_redhat_4.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHathttpd24-httpd-0:2.4.6-22.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSRedHathttpd24-httpd-0:2.4.6-22.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSRedHathttpd24-httpd-0:2.4.6-22.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHathttpd24-httpd-0:2.4.6-22.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHathttpd24-httpd-0:2.4.6-25.el7*
Apache2Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Apache2Ubuntutrusty*
Apache2Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Apache2Ubuntuupstream*
Apache2Ubuntuutopic*

Potential Mitigations

References

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