Access Restriction Bypass Affecting httpd-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.2.22-1.23.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
57.44% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-HTTPDDEBUGINFO-1663590
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed28 Jan 2012

Introduced: 28 Jan 2012

CVE-2012-0053  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 httpd-debuginfo to version 0:2.2.22-1.23.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-46.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream httpd-debuginfo package and not the httpd-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

protocol.c in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x through 2.2.21 does not properly restrict header information during construction of Bad Request (aka 400) error documents, which allows remote attackers to obtain the values of HTTPOnly cookies via vectors involving a (1) long or (2) malformed header in conjunction with crafted web script.

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