CVE-2006-0042 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the apreq_parse_headers and apreq_parse_urlencoded functions within Apache2::Request (Libapreq2) versions prior to 2.07. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing excessive CPU consumption due to quadratic computational complexity. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a medium severity vulnerability, easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.07CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:libapreq2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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