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CVE-2012-0256

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2012-03-24	Apache Traffic Server -- heap overflow vulnerability

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CVE-2012-0256 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-0256
Phase	Assigned(20111221)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
BUGTRAQ	20120322 [ANNOUNCE] Apache Traffic Server releases for security incident CVE-2012-0256
FULLDISC	20120322 [ANNOUNCE] Apache Traffic Server releases for security incident CVE-2012-0256
MISC	https://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability612884.html
CONFIRM	http://trafficserver.apache.org/downloads
BID	52696
SECTRACK	1026847