Improper Input Validation Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [,2.4.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
30.37% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-3007414
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Mar 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Mar 2014

CVE-2013-6438  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.4.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The dav_xml_get_cdata function in main/util.c in the mod_dav module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.8 does not properly remove whitespace characters from CDATA sections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DAV WRITE request.

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