ubuntu-cve-2017-3169
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-06-19 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

In Apache httpd 2.2.x before 2.2.33 and 2.4.x before 2.4.26, mod_ssl may dereference a NULL pointer when third-party modules call ap_hook_process_connection() during an HTTP request to an HTTPS port.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In Apache httpd 2.2.x before 2.2.33 and 2.4.x before 2.4.26, mod_ssl may dereference a NULL pointer when third-party modules call ap_hook_process_connection() during an HTTP request to an HTTPS port.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3169",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:09Z",
  "published": "2017-06-19T00:00:00Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-3169"
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  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-3169"
  ]
}



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