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Re: Advisory: Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x (CVE-2011-3192)


From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx () webweaving org>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:34:13 +0100


On 26 Aug 2011, at 12:09, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez wrote:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]

Because if you don't specify the [OR] apache will combine the rules
making an AND (and you don't want this!).

Also use NC=(nocase) to prevent the attacker upper casing "bytes="
(don't know if it will work.. but just to prevent)

Thank you - will double check & add in next/final advisory.

Dw.

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