Summary
It was possible to kill the web server by
sending an invalid request with an incomplete Basic authentication.
A cracker may exploit this vulnerability to make your web server crash continually or even execute arbirtray code on your system.
Solution
upgrade your software or protect it with a filtering reverse proxy
Severity
Classification
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CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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