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Apache HTTPD: Apache HTTP Server proxy encoding problem (CVE-2024-38473)

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Apache HTTPD: Apache HTTP Server proxy encoding problem (CVE-2024-38473)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/01/2024
Created
10/14/2024
Added
10/14/2024
Modified
12/09/2024

Description

Encoding problem in mod_proxy in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier allows request URLs with incorrect encoding to be sent to backend services, potentially bypassing authentication via crafted requests. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.60, which fixes this issue.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-latest

References

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