Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [1.3.0,1.3.39][2.0.0,2.0.62)[2.2.0,2.2.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-3007332
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Jan 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jan 2008

CVE-2008-0456  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.0.62, 2.2.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). CRLF injection vulnerability in the mod_negotiation module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.6 and earlier in the 2.2.x series, 2.0.61 and earlier in the 2.0.x series, and 1.3.39 and earlier in the 1.3.x series allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks by uploading a file with a multi-line name containing HTTP header sequences and a file extension, which leads to injection within a (1) "406 Not Acceptable" or (2) "300 Multiple Choices" HTTP response when the extension is omitted in a request for the file.

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