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Debian: CVE-2021-44790: apache2 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-44790: apache2 -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/20/2021
Created
01/07/2022
Added
01/06/2022
Modified
01/07/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-apache2

References

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