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IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2019-0196: mod_http2, read-after-free on a string compare

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IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2019-0196: mod_http2, read-after-free on a string compare

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/11/2019
Created
11/06/2019
Added
11/05/2019
Modified
11/22/2019

Description

A vulnerability was found in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 to 2.4.38. Using fuzzed network input, the http/2 request handling could be made to access freed memory in string comparison when determining the method of a request and thus process the request incorrectly.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-9_0_5_0

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