MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Jul 10, 2003
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.19%
Description
Apache 2 before 2.0.47, when running on an IPv6 host, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) when the FTP proxy server fails to create an IPv6 socket.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.0
- 2.0.28
- 2.0.32
- 2.0.35
- 2.0.36
- 2.0.37
- 2.0.38
- 2.0.39
- 2.0.40
- 2.0.41
- 2.0.42
- 2.0.43
- 2.0.44
- 2.0.45
- 2.0.46
No data.
Red Hat Linux 8.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:240
Red Hat Linux 9
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:240
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Linux 8.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:240 |
| Red Hat Linux 9 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:240 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
9.19% 0.09185
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.09185
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.19% (0.09185) | 95.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.19% (0.09185) | 94.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 7.33% (0.07330) | 91.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 11.72% (0.11723) | 93.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 7.33% (0.07330) | 91.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 9.63% (0.09632) | 92.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 11.72% (0.11723) | 93.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 9.63% (0.09632) | 92.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 11.72% (0.11723) | 93.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.63% (0.09632) | 92.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.63% (0.11631) | 89.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 9.63% (0.09632) | 91.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.77% (0.07769) | 91.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00674) | 80.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00335) | 71.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.23% (0.00228) | 59.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.24% (0.05242) | 89.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.24% (0.05242) | 88.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.24% (0.05242) | 75.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (20)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105776593602600&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:075 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-240.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0254 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617013 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7035b7c9091c4b665a3b7205364775410646f12125d48e74e395f2ce%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa117ef183f0da9b3f46efbeaa66f7622bd68868a450cae4fd8ed594%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re028d61fe612b0908595d658b9b39e74bca56f2a1ed3c5f06b5ab571%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0254
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A183 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0254
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 10, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 6, 2003
Link CVE-2003-0254
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a