vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-44790: Security patch for httpd24 (ALAS-2022-1560)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 20, 2021 | Jan 20, 2022 | Jan 20, 2022 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 20, 2021
Added
Jan 20, 2022
Modified
Jan 20, 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
amazon-linux-upgrade-httpd24
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