Improper Input Validation Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [,2.4.23)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.11% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-3007454
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Mar 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Mar 2018

CVE-2016-8612  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.4.23 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Apache HTTP Server mod_cluster before version httpd 2.4.23 is vulnerable to an Improper Input Validation in the protocol parsing logic in the load balancer resulting in a Segmentation Fault in the serving httpd process.

CVSS Scores

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