vulnerability

Apache HTTPD: FilesMatch bypass with a trailing newline in the file name (CVE-2017-15715)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
2018-03-26
Added
2018-03-26
Modified
2024-12-09

Description

In Apache httpd 2.4.0 to 2.4.29, the expression specified in FilesMatch could match '$' to a newline character in a malicious filename, rather than matching only the end of the filename. This could be exploited in environments where uploads of some files are are externally blocked, but only by matching the trailing portion of the filename.

Solution

apache-httpd-upgrade-latest

References

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