--- title: "CVE-2014-0231\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0231?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-0231 Publication date 20 July 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The mod\_cgid module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.10 does not have a timeout mechanism, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via a request to a CGI script that does not read from its stdin file descriptor. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | apache2 | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.7 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.14 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0231?format=md#patch-details) ### Patch details For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | apache2 | * Upstream: * Upstream: * Upstream: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0231) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0231) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0231) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0231) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-2299-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2299-1) + Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities + 23 July 2014 ### Other references *