Resource exhaustion in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2022-30522

Vulnerability identifier: #VU64086

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30522

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to mod_sed does not properly control consumption of internal resources, if the web server is configured to do transformations with mod_sed in contexts where the input to mod_sed may be very large. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Apache HTTP Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
Amazon Linux AMI
Oracle Linux
Gentoo Linux
QuTScloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
HPE Helion Openstack
Anolis OS
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
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 Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Slackware Linux
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
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)
mod_http2
jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2 (Red Hat package)
mod_md
jbcs-httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package)
apache2
apache2-debuginfo
apache2-debugsource
apache2-example-pages
apache2-prefork
apache2-prefork-debuginfo
apache2-utils
apache2-utils-debuginfo
apache2-worker
apache2-worker-debuginfo
apache2-doc
apache2-devel
httpd-devel
httpd
mod_ldap
httpd-tools
mod_proxy_html
mod_session
mod_ssl
httpd-filesystem
httpd-manual
httpd-debuginfo
httpd-debugsource
httpd-help
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package)
apache2-event-debuginfo
apache2-event
httpd (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-mod_security (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-curl (Red Hat package)
www-servers/apache
app-admin/apache-tools
apache2-bin (Ubuntu package)
apache2 (Ubuntu package)
QuTS hero
PowerScale OneFS
JBoss Core Services
QNAP QTS
IBM Aspera Faspex for Linux
IBM Aspera Faspex for Windows
IBM Rational Build Forge
IBM Aspera Orchestrator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
HP-UX
EMC ECS
IBM Cloud Pak System

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache HTTP Server - update to 2.4.54
httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package) - update to 2.4.34-23.el7.5
JBoss Core Services - update to 2.4.51 SP1
QNAP QTS - addressed in versions 4.5.4.2125 20220810, 5.0.0.2131 20220815
IBM Aspera Faspex for Linux - update to 4.4.2 PL2
IBM Aspera Faspex for Windows - update to 4.4.2 PL2
IBM Rational Build Forge - update to 8.0.0.25
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
mod_http2 - update to 1.15.7-5
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
mod_md - update to 2.0.8-8
jbcs-httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.0-18.el7jbcs, 2.4.0-18.el8jbcs
apache2 - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-example-pages - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-prefork - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-prefork-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-utils - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-utils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-worker - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-worker-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-doc - addressed in versions 2.4.23-29.91.1, 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.69.1, 2.4.51-35.19.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
httpd-devel - update to 2.4.37-51.0.1
httpd - update to 2.4.37-51.0.1
mod_ldap - update to 2.4.37-51.0.1
httpd-tools - update to 2.4.37-51.0.1
mod_proxy_html - update to 2.4.37-51.0.1
mod_session - update to 2.4.37-51.0.1
mod_ssl - update to 2.4.37-51.0.1
httpd-filesystem - update to 2.4.37-51.0.1
httpd-manual - update to 2.4.37-51.0.1
httpd-devel - update to 2.4.43-16
httpd-debuginfo - update to 2.4.43-16
mod_ldap - update to 2.4.43-16
mod_md - update to 2.4.43-16
httpd-tools - update to 2.4.43-16
mod_proxy_html - update to 2.4.43-16
httpd - update to 2.4.43-16
mod_session - update to 2.4.43-16
mod_ssl - update to 2.4.43-16
httpd-debugsource - update to 2.4.43-16
httpd-help - update to 2.4.43-16
httpd-filesystem - update to 2.4.43-16
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.51-37.el7jbcs, 2.4.51-37.el8jbcs
apache2-event-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-event - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150200.3.48.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.3.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
httpd (Red Hat package) - update to 2.4.53-7.el9
httpd - addressed in versions 2.4.54-1.fc35, 2.4.54-3.fc36
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
jbcs-httpd24-curl (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 7.86.0-2.el7jbcs, 7.86.0-2.el8jbcs
HP-UX - update to b.11.31
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.4.0
EMC ECS - update to 3.7.0.3
IBM Aspera Orchestrator - update to 4.0.1.2b9681
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - addressed in versions 5.0.1, 6.1.0
PowerScale OneFS - addressed in versions 9.1.0.28, 9.2.1.22, 9.4.0.13, 9.5.0.1
www-servers/apache - update to 2.4.54
app-admin/apache-tools - update to 2.4.54
apache2-bin (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.24, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.25, 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.12, 2.4.48-3.1ubuntu3.5, 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.1, 2.4.71ubuntu4.22+esm6
apache2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.24, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.25, 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.12, 2.4.48-3.1ubuntu3.5, 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.1, 2.4.71ubuntu4.22+esm6

• https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#2.4.54

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server
• Slackware Linux update for httpd
• SUSE update for apache2
• SUSE update for apache2
• Ubuntu update for apache2
• Ubuntu update for apache2
• Ubuntu update for apache2
• Amazon Linux AMI update for httpd24
• SUSE update for apache2
• SUSE update for apache2
• SUSE update for apache2
• Gentoo update for Apache HTTPD
• QNAS QTS update for Apache HTTP Server
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in QuTS hero Apache HTTP Server component
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in QuTScloud Apache HTTP Server component
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell ECS
• Red Hat Software Collections update for httpd24-httpd
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the httpd:2.4 module
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for httpd
• Multiple vulnerabilities in HPE HP-UX Apache Web Server
• Red Hat JBoss Core Services update for Apache HTTP Server
• Resource exhaustion in IBM Aspera Orchestrator
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Faspex
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Rational Build Forge
• openEuler update for httpd
• Amazon Linux AMI update for httpd
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak System
• Fedora 35 update for httpd
• Fedora 36 update for httpd
• Anolis OS update for httpd:2.4 module
• SUSE update for apache2