SB2016121509 - Denial of service in Apache HTTP Server
Published: December 15, 2016 Updated: March 13, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016121509
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8612)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the mod_cluster module due to improper input validation by the protocol parsing logic in the mod_cluster module. An adjacent attacker can send a specially crafted request, trigger a segmentation fault in the serving httpdprocess and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.