NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual package, versions <0:2.4.51-28.el7jbcs


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.87% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-JBCSHTTPD24HTTPDMANUAL-3640834
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed5 Oct 2021

Introduced: 5 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-41524  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual to version 0:2.4.51-28.el7jbcs or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7143.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual package and not the jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

While fuzzing the 2.4.49 httpd, a new null pointer dereference was detected during HTTP/2 request processing, allowing an external source to DoS the server. This requires a specially crafted request. The vulnerability was recently introduced in version 2.4.49. No exploit is known to the project.

CVSS Scores

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