Read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match()
CVE-2022-28615

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor: Apache
Status: Apache Http Server
Vendor: CVE Published:; 9 June 2022

Summary

Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may crash or disclose information due to a read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match() when provided with an extremely large input buffer. While no code distributed with the server can be coerced into such a call, third-party modules or lua scripts that use ap_strcmp_match() may hypothetically be affected.

Affected Version(s)

Apache HTTP Server Apache HTTP Server <= 2.4.53

References

https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/08/9

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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0005/

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CVSS V3.1

Score:

9.1

Severity:

CRITICAL

Confidentiality:

High

Integrity:

None

Availability:

High

Attack Vector:

Network

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

None

User Interaction:

None

Scope:

Unchanged

Timeline

Vulnerability published
Jun 9, 2022
Vulnerability Reserved
Apr 4, 2022

Credit

The Apache HTTP Server project would like to thank Ronald Crane (Zippenhop LLC) for reporting this issue

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