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Apache chunked encoding

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for version or behavior of Apache

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host appears to be vulnerable to the Apache Web Server Chunk Handling Vulnerability.

If Safe Checks are enabled, this may be a false positive since it is based on the version of
Apache. Although unpatched Apache versions 1.2.2 and above, 1.3 through 1.3.24 and 2.0
through 2.0.36, the remote server may be running a patched version of Apache

Solution : Upgrade to version 1.3.26 or 2.0.39 or newer
See also : http://httpd.apache.org/info/security_bulletin_20020617.txt
http://httpd.apache.org/info/security_bulletin_20020620.txt
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 5033

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Renaud Deraison

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