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Apache Pre 2.0.46 Denial of Service

Below is a snippet from the apache advisory.

Apache 2.0.46 Major changes

Security vulnerabilities closed since Apache 2.0.45

*) SECURITY [CAN-2003-0245]: Fixed a bug that could be triggered
remotely through mod_dav and possibly other mechanisms, causing
an Apache child process to crash. The crash was first reported
by David Endler and was researched and
fixed by Joe Orton . Details will be released
on 30 May 2003.

*) SECURITY [CAN-2003-0189]: Fixed a denial-of-service vulnerability
affecting basic authentication on Unix platforms related to
thread-safety in apr_password_validate(). The problem was reported
by John Hughes

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