Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting httpd:2.4/mod_session package, versions <0:2.4.37-51.module+el8.7.0+16050+02173b8e


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.43% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-HTTPD-5099989
  • published9 Jun 2022
  • disclosed8 Jun 2022

Introduced: 8 Jun 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 httpd:2.4/mod_session to version 0:2.4.37-51.module+el8.7.0+16050+02173b8e or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7647.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream httpd:2.4/mod_session package and not the httpd:2.4/mod_session package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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 Scores

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