Out-of-bounds Write Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [,2.4.53)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-2426752
  • published16 Mar 2022
  • disclosed14 Mar 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-22721  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.4.53 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. When LimitXMLRequestBody is set to allow request bodies larger than 350MB (defaults to 1M) on 32 bit systems, an integer overflow happens which later causes out-of-bounds writes.

CVSS Scores

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