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Apache HTTPD: Possible out of bound read in mod_cache_socache (CVE-2018-1303)

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Apache HTTPD: Possible out of bound read in mod_cache_socache (CVE-2018-1303)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/26/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/26/2018
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

A specially crafted HTTP request header could have crashed the Apache HTTP Server prior to version 2.4.33 due to an out of bound read while preparing data to be cached in shared memory. It could be used as a Denial of Service attack against users of mod_cache_socache.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_33

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