Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's mod_deflate Module

CVE-2014-0118

The deflate_in_filter function in mod_deflate.c in the mod_deflate module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.10, when request body decompression is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via crafted request data that decompresses to a much larger size.

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