NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting httpd-devel package, versions <0:2.4.48-2.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.52% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-HTTPDDEVEL-1701082
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed10 Jun 2021

Introduced: 10 Jun 2021

CVE-2020-13950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 httpd-devel to version 0:2.4.48-2.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1674.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream httpd-devel package and not the httpd-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.41 to 2.4.46 mod_proxy_http can be made to crash (NULL pointer dereference) with specially crafted requests using both Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding headers, leading to a Denial of Service

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