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IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2020-11985: IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite

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IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2020-11985: IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/07/2020
Created
08/10/2020
Added
08/10/2020
Modified
08/11/2020

Description

IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite For configurations using proxying with mod_remoteip and certain mod_rewrite rules, an attacker could spoof their IP address for logging and PHP scripts. Note this issue was fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.24 but was retrospectively allocated a low severity CVE in 2020.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-9_0_0_3

References

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