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CVE-2019-10097

Public on 2019-09-26
Modified on 2019-10-30
Description

A vulnerability was discovered in Apache httpd, in mod_remoteip. A trusted proxy using the "PROXY" protocol could send specially crafted headers that can cause httpd to experience a stack buffer overflow or NULL pointer dereference, leading to a crash or other potential consequences.

This issue could only be exploited by configured trusted intermediate proxy servers. HTTP clients such as browsers could not exploit the vulnerability.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core httpd 2019-10-28 17:42 ALAS2-2019-1341
Amazon Linux 1 httpd24 2019-10-18 23:22 ALAS-2019-1311

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P