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Apache HTTPD: mod_http2, read-after-free on a string compare (CVE-2019-0196)

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Apache HTTPD: mod_http2, read-after-free on a string compare (CVE-2019-0196)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/02/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/02/2019
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

Using fuzzed network input, the http/2 request handling could be made to access freed memory in string comparision when determining the method of a request and thus process the request incorrectly.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_39

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