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Apache HTTPD: CVE-2021-36160: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 16, 2021
Added
Dec 22, 2021
Modified
Apr 9, 2026

Description

A carefully crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy_uwsgi to read above the allocated memory and crash (DoS). This issue affects Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.30 to 2.4.48 (inclusive).

Solution

apache-httpd-upgrade-latest

References

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