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Red Hat JBossEAP: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2017-7679)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2017-7679)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/20/2017
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

In Apache httpd 2.2.x before 2.2.33 and 2.4.x before 2.4.26, mod_mime can read one byte past the end of a buffer when sending a malicious Content-Type response header.. A buffer over-read flaw was found in the httpd's mod_mime module. A user permitted to modify httpd's MIME configuration could use this flaw to cause httpd child process to crash.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

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