Out-of-bounds write in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2022-23943

 

Out-of-bounds write in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2022-23943

Published: March 14, 2022 / Updated: October 2, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU61284
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23943
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in mod_sed. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Apache HTTP Server
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
HPE Helion Openstack
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
Slackware Linux
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
MELSOFT iQ AppPortal
Tenable.sc
httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11 (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-chil (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-apr-util (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2 (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package)
apache2-debuginfo
apache2-debugsource
apache2-doc
apache2
apache2-prefork
apache2-prefork-debuginfo
apache2-utils
apache2-utils-debuginfo
apache2-worker
apache2-worker-debuginfo
apache2-example-pages
apache2 (Ubuntu package)
apache2-bin (Ubuntu package)
apache2-devel
httpd-help
httpd
httpd-debugsource
mod_session
mod_md
mod_proxy_html
httpd-debuginfo
httpd-devel
mod_ldap
httpd-tools
mod_ssl
httpd-filesystem
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package)
apache2-event
apache2-event-debuginfo
httpd (Red Hat package)
app-admin/apache-tools
www-servers/apache
jbcs-httpd24-mod_security (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-curl (Red Hat package)
JBoss Core Services
EasyApache
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
IBM Rational Build Forge
Oracle HTTP Server
IBM Aspera Orchestrator
RecoverPoint Classic
EMC ECS
Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Maximo Application Suite - IoT Component
IBM Aspera Faspex for Windows
IBM Aspera Faspex for Linux
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE)
Gaia

How to mitigate CVE-2022-23943

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache HTTP Server - update to 2.4.53
MELSOFT iQ AppPortal - update to 1.29F
Tenable.sc - addressed in versions Patch 202204.1, 5.21.0
httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package) - update to 2.4.34-23.el7.5
JBoss Core Services - update to 2.4.51 SP1
EasyApache - update to 4 2022-3-16
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.12.00.10
RecoverPoint Classic - update to 5.1 SP4 P4
IBM Rational Build Forge - update to 8.0.0.24
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 0.4.10-32.el7jbcs, 0.4.10-32.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-chil (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.0.0-17.el7jbcs, 1.0.0-17.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.3.17-13.el7jbcs, 1.3.17-13.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-apr-util (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.1-99.el7jbcs, 1.6.1-99.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.15.19-20.el7jbcs, 1.15.19-20.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.43.0-11.el7jbcs, 1.43.0-11.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.0-18.el7jbcs, 2.4.0-18.el8jbcs
apache2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-doc - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2 - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-prefork - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-prefork-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-utils - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-utils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-worker - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-worker-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-example-pages - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.88.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.22, 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.10, 2.4.48-3.1ubuntu3.3, 2.4.182ubuntu3.17+esm5
apache2-bin (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.22, 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.10, 2.4.48-3.1ubuntu3.3, 2.4.182ubuntu3.17+esm5
apache2-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.66.1, 2.4.51-35.13.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
httpd-help - update to 2.4.43-14
httpd - update to 2.4.43-14
httpd-debugsource - update to 2.4.43-14
mod_session - update to 2.4.43-14
mod_md - update to 2.4.43-14
mod_proxy_html - update to 2.4.43-14
httpd-debuginfo - update to 2.4.43-14
httpd-devel - update to 2.4.43-14
mod_ldap - update to 2.4.43-14
httpd-tools - update to 2.4.43-14
mod_ssl - update to 2.4.43-14
httpd-filesystem - update to 2.4.43-14
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.51-37.el7jbcs, 2.4.51-37.el8jbcs
apache2-event - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-event-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150200.3.42.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
httpd - addressed in versions 2.4.53-1.fc34, 2.4.53-1.fc35, 2.4.53-1.fc36
httpd (Red Hat package) - update to 2.4.53-7.el9
app-admin/apache-tools - update to 2.4.54
www-servers/apache - update to 2.4.54
httpd - update to 2.4.54-3
jbcs-httpd24-mod_security (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.9.3-22.el7jbcs, 2.9.3-22.el8jbcs
EMC ECS - update to 3.7.0.2
IBM Aspera Orchestrator - update to 4.0.1.2b9681
IBM Aspera Faspex for Windows - update to 4.4.2
IBM Aspera Faspex for Linux - update to 4.4.2
Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data - addressed in versions 4.8.7, 5.1.0
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
jbcs-httpd24-curl (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 7.86.0-2.el7jbcs, 7.86.0-2.el8jbcs
Maximo Application Suite - IoT Component - addressed in versions 8.7.20, 8.8.16, 9.0.6
Gaia - update to R81.10 Take 55

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