HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting mod_proxy_html package, versions <1:2.4.37-51.module+el8.7.0+1059+126e9251


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-MODPROXYHTML-5418278
  • published12 Apr 2023
  • disclosed7 Mar 2023

Introduced: 7 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-25690  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (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-2023:1673.

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.

Some mod_proxy configurations on Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.55 allow a HTTP Request Smuggling attack.

Configurations are affected when mod_proxy is enabled along with some form of RewriteRule or ProxyPassMatch in which a non-specific pattern matches some portion of the user-supplied request-target (URL) data and is then re-inserted into the proxied request-target using variable substitution. For example, something like:

RewriteEngine on RewriteRule "^/here/(.*)" "http://example.com:8080/elsewhere?$1&#34;; [P] ProxyPassReverse /here/ http://example.com:8080/

Request splitting/smuggling could result in bypass of access controls in the proxy server, proxying unintended URLs to existing origin servers, and cache poisoning. Users are recommended to update to at least version 2.4.56 of Apache HTTP Server.

CVSS Scores

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