USN-5090-4

USN-5090-4 · apache2 regression

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USN-5090-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. One of the upstream fixes introduced a regression in UDS URIs. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: James Kettle discovered that the Apache HTTP Server HTTP/2 module incorrectly handled certain crafted methods. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform request splitting or cache poisoning attacks. (CVE-2021-33193) It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain malformed requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-34798) Li Zhi Xin discovered that the Apache mod_proxy_uwsgi module incorrectly handled certain request uri-paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-36160) It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled escaping quotes. If the server was configured with third-party modules, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-39275) It was discovered that the Apache mod_proxy module incorrectly handled certain request uri-paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to forward requests to arbitrary origin servers. (CVE-2021-40438)

Fix available

Published

2021-09-28T15:05:47Z

Updated

2026-06-25T13:30:48.373726305Z

Stack: system

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