CVE-2021-31618

Apache HTTP Server protocol handler for the HTTP/2 protocol checks received request headers against the size limitations as configured for the server and used for the HTTP/1 protocol as well. On violation of these restrictions and HTTP response is sent to the client with a status code indicating why the request was rejected. This rejection response was not fully initialised in the HTTP/2 protocol handler if the offending header was the very first one received or appeared in a a footer. This led to a NULL pointer dereference on initialised memory, crashing reliably the child process. Since such a triggering HTTP/2 request is easy to craft and submit, this can be exploited to DoS the server. This issue affected mod_http2 1.15.17 and Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.47 only. Apache HTTP Server 2.4.47 was never released.
References
Link Resource
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/2
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r14b66ef0f4f569fd515a3f96cd4eb58bd9a8ff525cc326bb0359664f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r783b6558abf3305b17ea462bed4bd66d82866438999bf38cef6d11d1%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NKJ3ZA3FTSZ2QBBPKS6BYGAWYRABNQQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A73QJ4HPUMU26I6EULG6SCK67TUEXZYR/
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q2/206 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210727-0008/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/2
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r14b66ef0f4f569fd515a3f96cd4eb58bd9a8ff525cc326bb0359664f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r783b6558abf3305b17ea462bed4bd66d82866438999bf38cef6d11d1%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NKJ3ZA3FTSZ2QBBPKS6BYGAWYRABNQQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A73QJ4HPUMU26I6EULG6SCK67TUEXZYR/
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q2/206 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210727-0008/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:1.15.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_ops_center:12.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:instantis_enterprisetrack:17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:instantis_enterprisetrack:17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:instantis_enterprisetrack:17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2021-06-15 09:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:06


NVD link : CVE-2021-31618

Mitre link : CVE-2021-31618

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-31618


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

oracle

  • enterprise_manager_ops_center
  • instantis_enterprisetrack
  • zfs_storage_appliance_kit

apache

  • http_server
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference