SB2024040458 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) HTTP response splitting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38709)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP splitting attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to software does not correctly process CRLF character sequences. A malicious or exploitable backend/content generators can send specially crafted response containing CRLF sequence and make the application to send a split HTTP response.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker perform cache poisoning attack.

2) HTTP response splitting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24795)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP splitting attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to software does not correctly process CRLF character sequences in multiple modules. A remote attacker can inject malicious response headers into backend applications and perform an HTTP desynchronization attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker perform cache poisoning attack.

3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27316)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://downloads.apache.org/httpd/CHANGES_2.4
• https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html