Information Exposure Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [,2.2.9]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-3007317
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Aug 2010
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Aug 2010

CVE-2010-2791  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for apache/httpd.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure mod_proxy in httpd in Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9, when running on Unix, does not close the backend connection if a timeout occurs when reading a response from a persistent connection, which allows remote attackers to obtain a potentially sensitive response intended for a different client in opportunistic circumstances via a normal HTTP request. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2010-2068, but for a different OS and set of affected versions.

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