SB2017070675 - Out-of-bounds read in apache2 (Alpine package)
Published: July 6, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017070675
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7679)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read within the mod_mime when constructing Content-Type response header. A remote attacker read one byte pas the end of a buffer when sending a malicious Content-Type response header.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=035f1e687d1b006633257ae9dcfc80e056b84c08
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9743c9490d28be0c4ac8d849e7b15df101be4231
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=33c9b879e1ac2712ea308a9c9e642d83b54d690d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=123bd575ef649725247a39822c96929fc1d5e06b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a565b281e6104e1e1f7ec2b18e1e43353c71a483
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c930c29f44d1c8c27a01acc3e871b48922d3b620
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f0f780e35d42ebf1bbacad2015da18bf1c42dc74