CVE-2021-40438

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.

References

https://securityaffairs.com/164838/breaking-news/excobalt-cybercrime-group-targets-russian-orgs.html

https://www.tenable.com/blog/aa23-215a-2022s-top-routinely-exploited-vulnerabilities

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-215a

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-17

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4982

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-httpd-2.4.49-VWL69sWQ

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0004/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00001.html

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6954e60b1c8e480678ce3d02f61b8a788997785652e9557a3265c00%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82c077663f9759c7df5a6656f925b3ee4f55fcd33c889ba7cd687029%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82838efc5fa6fc4c73986399c9b71573589f78b31846aff5bd9b1697%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r61fdbfc26ab170f4e6492ef3bd5197c20b862ce156e9d5a54d4b899c%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3925e167d5eb1c75def3750c155d753064e1d34a143028bb32910432%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2eb200ac1340f69aa22af61ab34780c531d110437910cb9c0ece3b37%40%3Cbugs.httpd.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r210807d0bb55f4aa6fbe1512be6bcc4dacd64e84940429fba329967a%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E

https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-685781.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3