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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-44790: Security patch for httpd (ALAS-2022-1737)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-44790: Security patch for httpd (ALAS-2022-1737)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/20/2021
Created
07/16/2022
Added
07/04/2022
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

A carefully crafted request body can cause a buffer overflow in the mod_lua multipart parser (r:parsebody() called from Lua scripts). The Apache httpd team is not aware of an exploit for the vulnerabilty though it might be possible to craft one. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51 and earlier.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-httpd
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-httpd-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-httpd-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-httpd-filesystem
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-httpd-manual
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-httpd-tools
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-mod_ldap
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-mod_md
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-mod_proxy_html
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-mod_session
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-mod_ssl

References

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