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Apache HTTPD: mod_http2 Null Pointer Dereference (CVE-2017-7659)

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Apache HTTPD: mod_http2 Null Pointer Dereference (CVE-2017-7659)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/20/2017
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

A maliciously constructed HTTP/2 request could cause mod_http2 to dereference a NULL pointer and crash the server process.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_26

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