Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting mod_proxy_html package, versions <1:2.4.6-40.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-MODPROXYHTML-2029131
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Aug 2020

Introduced: 7 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-11985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-345  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 mod_proxy_html to version 1:2.4.6-40.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mod_proxy_html package and not the mod_proxy_html package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite For configurations using proxying with mod_remoteip and certain mod_rewrite rules, an attacker could spoof their IP address for logging and PHP scripts. Note this issue was fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.24 but was retrospectively allocated a low severity CVE in 2020.

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