Use After Free Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [,2.4.27)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.5% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-3007371
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Jul 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-9789  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.4.27 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. When under stress, closing many connections, the HTTP/2 handling code in Apache httpd 2.4.26 would sometimes access memory after it has been freed, resulting in potentially erratic behaviour.

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