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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-22719
CVE-2022-22719:
Apache HTTP Server vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-22719 affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.52 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered on December 18, 2021 and was fixed with the release of Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 on March 14, 2022 (Apache Vulnerabilities).
Technical details
A carefully crafted request body can cause a read to a random memory area which could cause the process to crash. The vulnerability exists in the mod_lua module's r:parsebody function. The issue has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 HIGH with vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (NVD).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to a denial of service by causing the Apache HTTP Server process to crash due to reading from an uninitialized memory area (Apache Vulnerabilities).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was fixed in Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.53. Users are recommended to upgrade to this version or later. The fix was implemented in revision r1898694 (Apache Vulnerabilities).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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