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Apache HTTPD: Request splitting via HTTP/2 method injection and mod_proxy (CVE-2021-33193)

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Apache HTTPD: Request splitting via HTTP/2 method injection and mod_proxy (CVE-2021-33193)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/16/2021
Created
01/19/2022
Added
12/22/2021
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

A crafted method sent through HTTP/2 will bypass validation and be forwarded by mod_proxy, which can lead to request splitting or cache poisoning. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 to 2.4.48.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_49

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