Vulnerability identifier: #VU64086

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30522

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Apache HTTP Server
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Description

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.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache HTTP Server: 2.4.53

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CPE

• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:apache_http_server:2.4.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#2.4.54

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?