Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [1.3.0,1.3.31)[2.0.0,2.0.49)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-3007350
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Dec 2001
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Dec 2001

CVE-2001-1556  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 1.3.31, 2.0.49 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. The log files in Apache web server contain information directly supplied by clients and does not filter or quote control characters, which could allow remote attackers to hide HTTP requests and spoof source IP addresses when logs are viewed with UNIX programs such as cat, tail, and grep.

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