Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2015-3185

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2015-3185

Published: July 21, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32392
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3185
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache HTTP Server

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The ap_some_auth_required function in server/request.c in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x before 2.4.14 does not consider that a Require directive may be associated with an authorization setting rather than an authentication setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the presence of a module that relies on the 2.2 API behavior.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-3185

Install update from vendor's website.

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