mod_sed denial of service
CVE-2022-30522

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

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

Summary

If Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 is configured to do transformations with mod_sed in contexts where the input to mod_sed may be very large, mod_sed may make excessively large memory allocations and trigger an abort.

Affected Version(s)

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/2022/06/08/6
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0005/
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EPSS Score

17% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

This issue was found by Brian Moussalli from the JFrog Security Research team
.