CVE-2018-1301

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.9 · Memory corruption

5.9CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

A specially crafted request could have crashed the Apache HTTP Server prior to version 2.4.30, due to an out of bound access after a size limit is reached by reading the HTTP header. This vulnerability is considered very hard if not impossible to trigger in non-debug mode (both log and build level), so it is classified as low risk for common server usage.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityHigh

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactNone

Integrity impactNone

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)7%

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products we track (2)

Apache HTTP Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

NVD record
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlAdvisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/24/2Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103515Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040573Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0367Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E