vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-40438: Apache HTTPD: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 16, 2021
Added
Aug 16, 2022
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

A crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server choosen by the remote user. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.48 and earlier.

Solutions

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-apache-toolsgentoo-linux-upgrade-www-servers-apache
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