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USN-2523-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

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USN-2523-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/07/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/12/2015
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The lua_websocket_read function in lua_request.c in the mod_lua module in the Apache HTTP Server through 2.4.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash) by sending a crafted WebSocket Ping frame after a Lua script has called the wsupgrade function.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-apache2-2-bin

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