NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting apache2-prefork package, versions <2.4.33-3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
51.71% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-APACHE2PREFORK-2761703
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed17 Aug 2018

Introduced: 17 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-8011  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 apache2-prefork to version 2.4.33-3.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apache2-prefork package and not the apache2-prefork package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

By specially crafting HTTP requests, the mod_md challenge handler would dereference a NULL pointer and cause the child process to segfault. This could be used to DoS the server. Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.34 (Affected 2.4.33).

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