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SUSE: CVE-2021-40438: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/16/2021
Created
10/09/2021
Added
10/07/2021
Modified
05/03/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-apache2
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-doc
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-event
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-example-pages
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-prefork
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-utils
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-worker

References

  • SUSE-SU-2021:3299-1
  • SUSE-SU-2021:3335-1
  • SUSE-SU-2021:3522-1
  • CVE-2021-40438
  • USN-5090-1
  • USN-5090-2
  • USN-5090-3
  • USN-5090-4
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