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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-4975): apache2 vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-4975): apache2 vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/14/2018
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Possible CRLF injection allowing HTTP response splitting attacks for sites which use mod_userdir. This issue was mitigated by changes made in 2.4.25 and 2.2.32 which prohibit CR or LF injection into the "Location" or other outbound header key or value. Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.25 (Affected 2.4.1-2.4.23). Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.2.32 (Affected 2.2.0-2.2.31).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-apache2

References

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