Apache HTTP Server: mod_proxy_html buffer overflow
Summary
A buffer overflow in mod_proxy_html in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.67 and earlier allows an attack by an untrusted backend. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes this issue.
What this means
In plain English
A buffer overflow in mod_proxy_html in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.67 and earlier allows an attack by an untrusted backend. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes this issue. Memory corruption can crash the affected process and, where the advisory states code execution is possible, may expose the host to further compromise.
Vulnerable items
- Apache HTTP Server — Apache HTTP Server is a widely deployed web server for serving and proxying HTTP traffic.
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: 2.4.68. Vendor mitigation: Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes this issue.
Rewritten locally from the scraped official advisory data above; no generative API is used. The vendor advisory is authoritative.
- Apache HTTP Server 2.4.0 through 2.4.67
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
- 2.4.68
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes this issue.
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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