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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2021-31618
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-apache
Assigner Org ID-f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-15 Jun, 2021 | 00:00
Updated At-03 Aug, 2024 | 23:03
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
NULL pointer dereference on specially crafted HTTP/2 request

Apache HTTP Server protocol handler for the HTTP/2 protocol checks received request headers against the size limitations as configured for the server and used for the HTTP/1 protocol as well. On violation of these restrictions and HTTP response is sent to the client with a status code indicating why the request was rejected. This rejection response was not fully initialised in the HTTP/2 protocol handler if the offending header was the very first one received or appeared in a a footer. This led to a NULL pointer dereference on initialised memory, crashing reliably the child process. Since such a triggering HTTP/2 request is easy to craft and submit, this can be exploited to DoS the server. This issue affected mod_http2 1.15.17 and Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.47 only. Apache HTTP Server 2.4.47 was never released.

Affected Products
Vendor
The Apache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation
Product
Apache HTTP Server
Versions
Affected
  • 2.4.47
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-476CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Metrics
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unknown
other:
important
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Workarounds

On unpatched servers, the `h2` protocol can be disabled by removing it from the `Protocols` configuration. If the `h2` protocol is not enabled, the server is not affected by this vulnerability.

Exploits

Credits

Apache HTTP server would like to thank LI ZHI XIN from NSFocus for reporting this.
Timeline
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References
HyperlinkResource
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/9
mailing-list
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q2/206
N/A
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r14b66ef0f4f569fd515a3f96cd4eb58bd9a8ff525cc326bb0359664f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r783b6558abf3305b17ea462bed4bd66d82866438999bf38cef6d11d1%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NKJ3ZA3FTSZ2QBBPKS6BYGAWYRABNQQ/
vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A73QJ4HPUMU26I6EULG6SCK67TUEXZYR/
vendor-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html
mailing-list
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937
vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38
vendor-advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
N/A
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210727-0008/
N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/2
mailing-list
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
1. CISA ADP Vulnrichment
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HyperlinkResource
2. CVE Program Container
Affected Products
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VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
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EventDate
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References
HyperlinkResource
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
x_transferred
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/9
mailing-list
x_transferred
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q2/206
x_transferred
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r14b66ef0f4f569fd515a3f96cd4eb58bd9a8ff525cc326bb0359664f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
x_transferred
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r783b6558abf3305b17ea462bed4bd66d82866438999bf38cef6d11d1%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
x_transferred
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NKJ3ZA3FTSZ2QBBPKS6BYGAWYRABNQQ/
vendor-advisory
x_transferred
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A73QJ4HPUMU26I6EULG6SCK67TUEXZYR/
vendor-advisory
x_transferred
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html
mailing-list
x_transferred
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937
vendor-advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38
vendor-advisory
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
x_transferred
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210727-0008/
x_transferred
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/2
mailing-list
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