Out-of-bounds read in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2023-31122

 

Out-of-bounds read in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2023-31122

Published: October 19, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82248
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-2023-31122
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within mod_macro module. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Apache HTTP Server
IBM HTTP Server
IBM Rational ClearCase
Oracle Communications Fraud Monitor
IBM Rational Build Forge
Oracle Communications Session Report Manager
IBM Rational ClearQuest
Oracle HTTP Server
EasyApache
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
IBM i
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Slackware Linux
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Package Hub 15
Basesystem Module
Server Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
Cloud Pak for Network Automation
HP-UX
Maximo Application Suite - IoT Component
CloudBoost Virtual Appliance
Communications Unified Assurance
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA)
Oracle Communications Element Manager
apache2 (Ubuntu package)
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)
mod_md
jbcs-httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package)
apache2-devel
apache2-doc
apache2-worker-debuginfo
apache2-utils-debuginfo
apache2-worker
apache2-prefork
apache2-utils
apache2-debuginfo
apache2-prefork-debuginfo
apache2
apache2-debugsource
mod_ldap
httpd
mod_proxy_html
mod_session
httpd-tools
httpd-devel
httpd-manual
httpd-filesystem
mod_ssl
httpd-debuginfo
httpd-help
httpd-debugsource
apache2-tls13-debugsource
apache2-example-pages
apache2-tls13-utils-debuginfo
apache2-tls13-doc
apache2-tls13-debuginfo
apache2-tls13-worker-debuginfo
apache2-tls13-prefork
apache2-tls13-utils
apache2-tls13-prefork-debuginfo
apache2-tls13
apache2-tls13-example-pages
apache2-tls13-worker
apache2-tls13-devel
apache2-event
apache2-event-debuginfo
httpd (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package)
httpd-doc
httpd-core
mod_lua
httpd24
apache2 (Debian package)
jbcs-httpd24-mod_security (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-curl (Red Hat package)
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
JBoss Core Services
Citrix License Server

How to mitigate CVE-2023-31122

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache HTTP Server - update to 2.4.58
Cloud Pak for Network Automation - update to 2.7.2
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA) - update to 7.5.0 UP9 IF02
IBM Rational Build Forge - update to 8.0.0.26
IBM HTTP Server - update to 9.0.5.18
apache2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.15, 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.7, 2.4.55-1ubuntu2.1, 2.4.57-2ubuntu2.1
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 0.4.10-35.el7jbcs, 0.4.10-35.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-chil (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.0.0-20.el7jbcs, 1.0.0-20.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.3.20-3.el7jbcs, 1.3.20-3.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-apr-util (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.1-104.el7jbcs, 1.6.1-104.el8jbcs
mod_http2 - update to 1.15.7-10
jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.15.19-36.el7jbcs, 1.15.19-36.el8jbcs
mod_md - update to 2.0.8-8
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - update to 2.3 FP11
jbcs-httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.24-4.el7jbcs, 2.4.24-4.el8jbcs
apache2-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-doc - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-worker-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-utils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-worker - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-prefork - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-utils - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-prefork-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2 - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.4.33-150000.3.78.1, 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.59.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
mod_ldap - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
mod_proxy_html - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
mod_session - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd-tools - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd-manual - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd-filesystem - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
mod_ssl - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-help - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-filesystem - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
mod_md - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
mod_ldap - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
mod_ssl - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-tools - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
mod_session - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
mod_proxy_html - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
apache2-tls13-debugsource - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-example-pages - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.35.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-tls13-utils-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-tls13-doc - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-tls13-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-tls13-worker-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-tls13-prefork - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-tls13-utils - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-tls13-prefork-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-tls13 - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-tls13-example-pages - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-tls13-worker - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-tls13-devel - update to 2.4.51-35.35.1
apache2-event - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-event-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150400.6.14.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
JBoss Core Services - update to 2.4.57 SP3
httpd (Red Hat package) - update to 2.4.57-8.el9
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.57-9.el7jbcs, 2.4.57-9.el8jbcs
httpd - update to 2.4.58
httpd - update to 2.4.58-1
httpd-doc - update to 2.4.58-1
httpd-core - update to 2.4.58-1
mod_lua - update to 2.4.58-1
httpd - addressed in versions 2.4.58-1.fc37, 2.4.58-1.fc38, 2.4.58-1.fc39
httpd24 - update to 2.4.58-1.101
apache2 (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.4.59-1~deb11u1, 2.4.59-1~deb12u1
jbcs-httpd24-mod_security (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.9.3-34.el7jbcs, 2.9.3-34.el8jbcs
EasyApache - update to 4 2023-10-25
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.20.00.10
jbcs-httpd24-curl (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 8.6.0-3.el7jbcs, 8.6.0-3.el8jbcs
Maximo Application Suite - IoT Component - addressed in versions 8.7.20, 8.8.16, 9.0.6
Citrix License Server - update to 11.17.2.0 45000
CloudBoost Virtual Appliance - update to 19.12.0.1

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