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CVE-2018-8011 mod_md, DoS via Coredumps on specially crafted requests

HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 55.3%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

By specially crafting HTTP requests, the mod_md challenge handler would dereference a NULL pointer and cause the child process to segfault. This could be used to DoS the server. Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.34 (Affected 2.4.33).

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/apache2(Debian:12) < 2.4.34-1 2.4.34-1
debian/apache2(Debian:13) < 2.4.34-1 2.4.34-1
debian/apache2(Debian:14) < 2.4.34-1 2.4.34-1
Apache HTTP Server = 2.4.33 No fix listed
netapp cloud backup All versions No fix listed
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.10) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.11) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.12) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.13) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.14) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.15) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.16) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.17) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.18) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.19) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.20) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.21) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.22) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.23) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.24) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.5) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.6) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.7) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.8) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
alpine/apache2(Alpine:v3.9) < 2.4.34-r0 2.4.34-r0
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Apache HTTP Server = Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.34 (Affected 2.4.33) No fix listed

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