vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2021-44790: Important: httpd security update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 20, 2021 | Feb 17, 2022 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 20, 2021
Added
Feb 17, 2022
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
A carefully crafted request body can cause a buffer overflow in the mod_lua multipart parser (r:parsebody() called from Lua scripts). The Apache httpd team is not aware of an exploit for the vulnerabilty though it might be possible to craft one. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51 and earlier.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-httpdcentos-upgrade-httpd-debuginfocentos-upgrade-httpd-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-httpd-develcentos-upgrade-httpd-filesystemcentos-upgrade-httpd-manualcentos-upgrade-httpd-toolscentos-upgrade-httpd-tools-debuginfocentos-upgrade-mod_http2centos-upgrade-mod_http2-debuginfocentos-upgrade-mod_http2-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-mod_ldapcentos-upgrade-mod_ldap-debuginfocentos-upgrade-mod_mdcentos-upgrade-mod_md-debuginfocentos-upgrade-mod_md-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-mod_proxy_htmlcentos-upgrade-mod_proxy_html-debuginfocentos-upgrade-mod_sessioncentos-upgrade-mod_session-debuginfocentos-upgrade-mod_sslcentos-upgrade-mod_ssl-debuginfo
References
Rapid7 Labs
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