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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-40438): Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-40438): Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/16/2021
Created
09/30/2021
Added
09/28/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server choosen by the remote user. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.48 and earlier.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-apache2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-apache2-bin

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