Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting httpd-tools 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
6.38% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-HTTPDTOOLS-3119727
  • published16 Nov 2022
  • disclosed9 Jun 2022

Introduced: 9 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-29404  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 httpd-tools 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-tools package and not the httpd-tools package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier, a malicious request to a lua script that calls r:parsebody(0) may cause a denial of service due to no default limit on possible input size.

CVSS Base Scores

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