MGASA-2023-0100 - Updated apache packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 18 Mar 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0100.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2023-25690,
     CVE-2023-27522

Some mod_proxy configurations on Apache HTTP Server allow a HTTP request
smuggling attack. Configurations are affected when mod_proxy is enabled
along with some form of RewriteRule or ProxyPassMatch in which a
non-specific pattern matches some portion of the user-supplied
request-target (URL) data and is then re-inserted into the proxied
request-target using variable substitution. (CVE-2023-25690)
HTTP Response Smuggling vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server via
mod_proxy_uwsgi. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server. Special
characters in the origin response header can truncate/split the response
forwarded to the client. (CVE-2023-27522)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31644
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25690
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-27522

SRPMS:
- 8/core/apache-2.4.56-1.mga8

Mageia 2023-0100: apache security update

Some mod_proxy configurations on Apache HTTP Server allow a HTTP request smuggling attack

Summary

Some mod_proxy configurations on Apache HTTP Server allow a HTTP request smuggling attack. Configurations are affected when mod_proxy is enabled along with some form of RewriteRule or ProxyPassMatch in which a non-specific pattern matches some portion of the user-supplied request-target (URL) data and is then re-inserted into the proxied request-target using variable substitution. (CVE-2023-25690) HTTP Response Smuggling vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server via mod_proxy_uwsgi. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server. Special characters in the origin response header can truncate/split the response forwarded to the client. (CVE-2023-27522)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31644

- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25690

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-27522

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0100 - Updated apache packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/apache-2.4.56-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 18 Mar 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0100.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-25690, CVE-2023-27522

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