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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS USN-6885-1 Critical: Apache HTTP Server Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey July 8, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple weaknesses in the Nginx web server addressed in the Ubuntu 7890-2 notice, impacting a range of releases.
Several security issues were fixed in Apache HTTP Server.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Apache HTTP Server. Software Description: - apache2: Apache HTTP server Details: Marc Stern discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled serving WebSocket protocol upgrades over HTTP/2 connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-36387) Orange Tsai discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy module incorrectly sent certain request URLs with incorrect encodings to backends. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. (CVE-2024-38473) Orange Tsai discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_rewrite module incorrectly handled certain substitutions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute scripts in directorie...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS apache2 2.4.58-1ubuntu8.2 Ubuntu 23.10 apache2 2.4.57-2ubuntu2.5 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS apache2 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.10 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS apache2 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.19 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6885-1

CVE-2024-36387, CVE-2024-38473, CVE-2024-38474, CVE-2024-38475,

CVE-2024-38476, CVE-2024-38477, CVE-2024-39573, CVE-2024-39884

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6885-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.58-1ubuntu8.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.57-2ubuntu2.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.52-1ubuntu4.10 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.41-4ubuntu3.19

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