MEDIUM
The rotatelogs program on Apache before 1.3.28, for Windows and OS/2 systems, does not properly ignore certain control characters that are received over the pipe, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service
Published Jul 25, 2003
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 13.43%
Description
The rotatelogs program on Apache before 1.3.28, for Windows and OS/2 systems, does not properly ignore certain control characters that are received over the pipe, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.3.27
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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.
13.43% 0.13429
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.13429
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 (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 13.43% (0.13429) | 96.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 13.43% (0.13429) | 95.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 10.27% (0.10270) | 93.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 9.21% (0.09213) | 92.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 11.83% (0.11827) | 93.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2025 | 9.21% (0.09213) | 92.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2025 | 11.55% (0.11555) | 93.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 9.21% (0.09213) | 92.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 11.83% (0.11827) | 93.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 9.21% (0.09213) | 92.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 11.83% (0.11827) | 93.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.21% (0.09213) | 91.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.43% (0.11426) | 89.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.79% (0.08786) | 91.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 50.85% (0.50855) | 97.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 2, 2024 | 14.90% (0.14900) | 95.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 8.15% (0.08155) | 94.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.80% (0.05797) | 92.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.38% (0.03384) | 84.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.38% (0.03384) | 82.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.38% (0.03384) | 65.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/694428 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%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/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/rf2f0f3611f937cf6cfb3b4fe4a67f69885855126110e1e3f2fb2728e%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
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 25, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jun 26, 2003
Link CVE-2003-0460
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a