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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-22721: Security patch for httpd (ALAS-2022-1783)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-22721: Security patch for httpd (ALAS-2022-1783)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/14/2022
Created
07/16/2022
Added
07/04/2022
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

If LimitXMLRequestBody is set to allow request bodies larger than 350MB (defaults to 1M) on 32 bit systems an integer overflow happens which later causes out of bounds writes. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.52 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

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