Improper Authentication The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package httpd  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-HTTPD-9883415
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed20 Dec 2016

Introduced: 20 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-0736  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream httpd package and not the httpd package as distributed by RHEL.

In Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.23, mod_session_crypto was encrypting its data/cookie using the configured ciphers with possibly either CBC or ECB modes of operation (AES256-CBC by default), hence no selectable or builtin authenticated encryption. This made it vulnerable to padding oracle attacks, particularly with CBC.

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