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CVE-2023-4911 (GCVE-0-2023-4911)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2023-10-03 17:25
Modified
2025-11-20 07:06
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Version: 2.34   < 2.39
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:2.28-189.6.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-100.el9   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-100.el9   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:2.34-28.el9_0.4   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-189.6.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.5.3-10.el8ev   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
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   Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.5.3-202312060823_8.6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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CVE-2021-40438 (GCVE-0-2021-40438)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2021-09-16 14:40
Modified
2025-10-21 23:25
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Summary
A crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server choosen by the remote user. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.48 and earlier.
References
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82838efc5fa6fc4c73986399c9b71573589f78b31846aff5bd9b1697%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82c077663f9759c7df5a6656f925b3ee4f55fcd33c889ba7cd687029%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3925e167d5eb1c75def3750c155d753064e1d34a143028bb32910432%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r61fdbfc26ab170f4e6492ef3bd5197c20b862ce156e9d5a54d4b899c%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00001.html mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2eb200ac1340f69aa22af61ab34780c531d110437910cb9c0ece3b37%40%3Cbugs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4982 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r210807d0bb55f4aa6fbe1512be6bcc4dacd64e84940429fba329967a%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6954e60b1c8e480678ce3d02f61b8a788997785652e9557a3265c00%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-httpd-2.4.49-VWL69sWQ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-17 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0004/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html x_refsource_MISC
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-685781.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
Impacted products
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CVE-2023-4911 (GCVE-0-2023-4911)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-03 17:25
Modified
2025-11-20 07:06
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Version: 2.34   < 2.39
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6   < *
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    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:2.28-189.6.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
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    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-100.el9   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-100.el9   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:2.34-28.el9_0.4   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-189.6.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.5.3-202312060823_8.6   < *
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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CVE-2023-4806 (GCVE-0-2023-4806)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-18 16:33
Modified
2025-11-20 17:55
CWE
Summary
A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module implements only the _nss_*_gethostbyname2_r and _nss_*_getcanonname_r hooks without implementing the _nss_*_gethostbyname3_r hook. The resolved name should return a large number of IPv6 and IPv4, and the call to the getaddrinfo function should have the AF_INET6 address family with AI_CANONNAME, AI_ALL and AI_V4MAPPED as flags.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:2413 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5455 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7409 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4806 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2237782 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:2.28-189.8.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
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    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-100.el9   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-100.el9   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-189.8.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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CVE-2023-4527 (GCVE-0-2023-4527)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-18 16:32
Modified
2025-11-20 18:27
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
A flaw was found in glibc. When the getaddrinfo function is called with the AF_UNSPEC address family and the system is configured with no-aaaa mode via /etc/resolv.conf, a DNS response via TCP larger than 2048 bytes can potentially disclose stack contents through the function returned address data, and may cause a crash.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5455 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4527 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234712 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
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    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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CVE-2023-4813 (GCVE-0-2023-4813)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-12 21:54
Modified
2025-11-11 19:29
CWE
Summary
A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaih_inet function may use memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when the getaddrinfo function is called and the hosts database in /etc/nsswitch.conf is configured with SUCCESS=continue or SUCCESS=merge.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:2413 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2237798 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
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    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:2.28-189.8.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-100.el9   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-100.el9   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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   Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-189.8.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
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    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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CVE-2021-40438 (GCVE-0-2021-40438)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-16 14:40
Modified
2025-10-21 23:25
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Summary
A crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server choosen by the remote user. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.48 and earlier.
References
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82838efc5fa6fc4c73986399c9b71573589f78b31846aff5bd9b1697%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82c077663f9759c7df5a6656f925b3ee4f55fcd33c889ba7cd687029%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-httpd-2.4.49-VWL69sWQ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-17 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0004/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html x_refsource_MISC
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-685781.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
Impacted products
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