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Apache HTTPD: APR apr_palloc heap overflow (CVE-2009-2412)

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Apache HTTPD: APR apr_palloc heap overflow (CVE-2009-2412)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/06/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/12/2012
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

The affected asset is vulnerable to this vulnerability ONLY if a non-Apache application can be passed unsanitized user-provided sizes to the apr_palloc() function. Review your web server configuration for validation. A flaw in apr_palloc() in the bundled copy of APR could cause heap overflows in programs that try to apr_palloc() a user controlled size. The Apache HTTP Server itself does not pass unsanitized user-provided sizes to this function, so it could only be triggered through some other application which uses apr_palloc() in a vulnerable way.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_0_64
  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_2_13

References

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