Improper Input Validation Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [,2.4.14)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.52% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-3007436
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Jul 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-3183  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.4.14 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The chunked transfer coding implementation in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.14 does not properly parse chunk headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a crafted request, related to mishandling of large chunk-size values and invalid chunk-extension characters in modules/http/http_filters.c.

CVSS Scores

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