SB2020080805 - IP address spoofing in Apache HTTP Server
Published: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020080805
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11985)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can spoof the user's IP address when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite, as a result the fake IP address will be displayed in logs and will be passed to PHP scripts.
Depending on web application functionality this vulnerability can be used to bypass authorization checks based on IP addresses.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.