SB2022091309 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM HTTP Server
Published: September 13, 2022 Updated: December 18, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34798)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected web server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40438)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the mod_proxy module in Apache HTTP Server. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request with a chosen uri-path and trick the web server to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ibm-http-server-used-by-websphere-application-server-4/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ibm-http-server-used-by-websphere-application-server-4/</a><br>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6493841<br><br></p>