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CVE-2018-1303

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A specially crafted HTTP request header could have crashed the Apache HTTP Server prior to version 2.4.30 due to an out of bound read while preparing data to be cached in shared memory. It could be used as a Denial of Service attack against users of mod_cache_socache. The vulnerability is considered as low risk since mod_cache_socache is not widely used, mod_cache_disk is not concerned by this vulnerability.

How to fix

Remediation Available
apache2Debian
Fixed in:2.4.33-1CVE-2018-1303
Fixed in:2.4.33-1CVE-2018-1303
Fixed in:2.4.33-1CVE-2018-1303
Fixed in:2.4.33-1CVE-2018-1303
apache2Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.4.7-1ubuntu4.20USN-3627-1
Fixed in:2.4.18-2ubuntu3.8USN-3627-1
Fixed in:2.4.29-1ubuntu4.1USN-3627-2
apache2-binUbuntu
Fixed in:2.4.7-1ubuntu4.20USN-3627-1
Fixed in:2.4.18-2ubuntu3.8USN-3627-1
Fixed in:2.4.29-1ubuntu4.1USN-3627-2

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

70.78%probability of exploitation in 30 days
99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

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