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Apache HTTPD: TLS/SSL X.509 client certificate auth bypass with HTTP/2 (CVE-2016-4979)

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Apache HTTPD: TLS/SSL X.509 client certificate auth bypass with HTTP/2 (CVE-2016-4979)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/20/2016
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

For configurations enabling support for HTTP/2, SSL client certificate validation was not enforced if configured, allowing clients unauthorized access to protected resources over HTTP/2. This issue affected releases 2.4.18 and 2.4.20 only.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_23

References

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