Input validation error in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2019-10098

 

Input validation error in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2019-10098

Published: August 23, 2019 / Updated: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20374
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10098
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of encoded line break characters  within rewrite rules. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and potentially bypass security restrictions.


Affected software

Apache HTTP Server
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
openEuler
Fedora
JBoss Core Services
jbcs-httpd24-brotli (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-apr (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 (Red Hat package)
httpd (Red Hat package)
apache2 (Ubuntu package)
apache2 (Debian package)
httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package)
apache2 (Alpine package)
httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package)
mod_md
httpd-devel
httpd-debugsource
httpd-debuginfo
httpd
httpd-filesystem
httpd-help
httpd-tools
mod_ldap
mod_proxy_html
mod_session
mod_ssl
Enterprise Manager
IBM API Connect
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
BIG-IP
Data Computing Appliance (DCA)
Maximo Application Suite - IoT Component

How to mitigate CVE-2019-10098

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache HTTP Server - update to 2.4.41
jbcs-httpd24-brotli (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.0.6-21.jbcs.el6, 1.0.6-21.jbcs.el7
jbcs-httpd24-apr (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.3-86.jbcs.el6, 1.6.3-86.jbcs.el7
jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.11.3-22.jbcs.el6, 1.11.3-22.jbcs.el7
httpd (Red Hat package) - update to 2.4.6-95.el7
apache2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.12, 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.13, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.10, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.11, 2.4.38-2ubuntu2.2, 2.4.38-2ubuntu2.3
apache2 (Debian package) - update to 2.4.25-3+deb9u8
httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.34-18.el6, 2.4.34-18.el7
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.37-52.jbcs.el6, 2.4.37-52.jbcs.el7
apache2 (Alpine package) - update to 2.4.41-r0
IBM API Connect - update to 5.0.8.12
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.12.00.10
httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package) - update to 2.0.8-1.el7
mod_md - addressed in versions 2.0.8-2.fc30, 2.0.8-3.fc29
httpd-devel - update to 2.4.34-18
httpd-debugsource - update to 2.4.34-18
httpd-debuginfo - update to 2.4.34-18
httpd - update to 2.4.34-18
httpd-filesystem - update to 2.4.34-18
httpd-help - update to 2.4.34-18
httpd-tools - update to 2.4.34-18
mod_ldap - update to 2.4.34-18
mod_md - update to 2.4.34-18
mod_proxy_html - update to 2.4.34-18
mod_session - update to 2.4.34-18
mod_ssl - update to 2.4.34-18
httpd - addressed in versions 2.4.41-1.fc29, 2.4.41-1.fc30
Data Computing Appliance (DCA) - update to 4.3.0.0
Maximo Application Suite - IoT Component - addressed in versions 8.7.20, 8.8.16, 9.0.6

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

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