Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting mod_proxy_html package, versions <1:2.4.37-51.module+el8.7.0+1059+126e9251


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.23% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-MODPROXYHTML-3191096
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • 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 Rocky-Linux:8 mod_proxy_html to version 1:2.4.37-51.module+el8.7.0+1059+126e9251 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7647.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mod_proxy_html package and not the mod_proxy_html package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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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