CVE-2020-11984

Public on 2020-08-07
Modified on 2020-09-16
Description

A flaw was found in Apache httpd in versions 2.4.32 to 2.4.46. The uwsgi protocol does not serialize more than 16K of HTTP header leading to resource exhaustion and denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 httpd 2020-09-15 17:18 ALAS2-2020-1490
Amazon Linux 1 httpd24 2020-08-26 23:09 ALAS-2020-1418

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H