Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting httpd-devel package, versions <0:2.4.37-51.0.1.module+el8.7.0+20778+02173b8e


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.04% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-HTTPDDEVEL-2979804
  • published 5 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 9 Jun 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 httpd-devel to version 0:2.4.37-51.0.1.module+el8.7.0+20778+02173b8e or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-7647.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may not send the X-Forwarded-* headers to the origin server based on client side Connection header hop-by-hop mechanism. This may be used to bypass IP based authentication on the origin server/application.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

5.9 medium
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Red Hat

7.3 high