CVE-2021-44224

Publication date 20 December 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

A crafted URI sent to httpd configured as a forward proxy (ProxyRequests on) can cause a crash (NULL pointer dereference) or, for configurations mixing forward and reverse proxy declarations, can allow for requests to be directed to a declared Unix Domain Socket endpoint (Server Side Request Forgery). This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.7 up to 2.4.51 (included).

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apache2	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.4.52-1ubuntu1
	21.10 impish	Fixed 2.4.48-3.1ubuntu3.2
	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 2.4.46-4ubuntu1.5
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.9
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.21
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.17+esm4 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.22+esm3 Ubuntu Pro

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Notes

mdeslaur

fixed by r1895955+r1896044 in 2.4.x

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
apache2	Upstream: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1895955 Upstream: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1896044 Upstream: a962ba7 Upstream: a0521d2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.2 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H