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Apache HTTPD: CVE-2019-10097 mod_remoteip: Stack buffer overflow and NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2019-10097)

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Apache HTTPD: CVE-2019-10097 mod_remoteip: Stack buffer overflow and NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2019-10097)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/16/2019
Created
08/17/2019
Added
08/16/2019
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

When mod_remoteip was configured to use a trusted intermediary proxy server using the "PROXY" protocol, a specially crafted PROXY header could trigger a stack buffer overflow or NULL pointer deference. This vulnerability could only be triggered by a trusted proxy and not by untrusted HTTP clients.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_41

References

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