vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-40438): Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 16, 2021
Added
Sep 28, 2021
Modified
Apr 16, 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

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-apache2ubuntu-pro-upgrade-apache2-binubuntu-upgrade-apache2ubuntu-upgrade-apache2-bin
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