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title: "CVE-2004-0942\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2004-0942

Publication date 9 February 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Apache webserver 2.0.52 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP GET request with a MIME
header containing multiple lines with a large number of space characters.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| apache2 | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.2.3-3.2ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.55-4ubuntu4.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.0.55-4ubuntu2.2 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0942)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0942)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-0942)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0942)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-23-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-23-1)
+ apache2 vulnerability
+ 12 November 2004

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0942>