Out-of-bounds Read Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [2.4.30,2.4.49)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-3007334
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Sept 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-36160  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.4.49 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. A carefully crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy_uwsgi to read above the allocated memory and crash (DoS). This issue affects Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.30 to 2.4.48 (inclusive).

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