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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-7679: ELSA-2017-2479: httpd security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-7679: ELSA-2017-2479: httpd security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/16/2017
Modified
11/30/2024

Description

In Apache httpd 2.2.x before 2.2.33 and 2.4.x before 2.4.26, mod_mime can read one byte past the end of a buffer when sending a malicious Content-Type response header. A buffer over-read flaw was found in the httpd's mod_mime module. A user permitted to modify httpd's MIME configuration could use this flaw to cause httpd child process to crash.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-httpd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-httpd-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-httpd-manual
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-httpd-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-mod-ldap
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-mod-proxy-html
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-mod-session
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-mod-ssl

References

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