Mageia 8 MGASA-2022-0289 Critical Apache-WSGI Header Issue
mageia
August 20, 2022
It was discovered that mod-wsgi did not correctly remove the X-Client-IP header when processing requests from untrusted proxies
Summary
It was discovered that mod-wsgi did not correctly remove the X-Client-IP
header when processing requests from untrusted proxies. A remote attacker
could use this issue to pass the header to WSGI applications, contrary to
expectations (CVE-2022-2255).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30711
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5551-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2255
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 8/core/apache-mod_wsgi-4.6.8-4.1.mga8
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Publication date: 20 Aug 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0289.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-2255
Topics Covered
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