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Apache HTTPD: core: Possible buffer overflow with very large or unlimited LimitXMLRequestBody (CVE-2022-22721)

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Apache HTTPD: core: Possible buffer overflow with very large or unlimited LimitXMLRequestBody (CVE-2022-22721)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/14/2022
Created
04/26/2022
Added
04/25/2022
Modified
10/15/2024

Description

If LimitXMLRequestBody is set to allow request bodies larger than 350MB (defaults to 1M) on 32 bit systems an integer overflow happens which later causes out of bounds writes. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.52 and earlier.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_53

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