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Tuesday, June 18, 2002
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/06/17/020617hnapache.xml Experts warn of major hole in Apache Web server Joris Evers A security flaw in the popular Apache Web server could allow a malicious hacker to launch a denial of service attack or even take over a system on which the software is running, the Apache Software Foundation warned in an advisory Monday. The flaw relates to the way the Web server parses uploaded data, and can cause the software to misinterpret the size of incoming chunks of data. It can be exploited by sending a carefully crafted request to the server, said the Foundation, which manages development of the open-source Apache products....
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