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Apache HTTPD: NULL pointer dereference in httpd core (CVE-2021-34798)

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Apache HTTPD: NULL pointer dereference in httpd core (CVE-2021-34798)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/16/2021
Created
01/19/2022
Added
12/22/2021
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

Malformed requests may cause the server to dereference a NULL pointer. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.48 and earlier.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_49

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