Apache HTTP Server: mod_xml2enc heap overflow
Summary
Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server with mod_xml2enc, xml2StartParse, and untrusted content This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes the issue. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; and 2 more. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Hardened Images.
What this means
In plain English
Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server with mod_xml2enc, xml2StartParse, and untrusted content This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes the issue. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; and 2 more. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Hardened Images. 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.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Hardened Images
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: 2.4.68.
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
Upgrade to a fixed release: 2.4.68. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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