Security Alert (A23-01-09): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server

Description:

The Apache Software Foundation released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in the HTTP Server and its modules. A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities by sending a specially crafted request to the affected systems.

Affected Systems:

• Apache HTTP Server prior to version 2.4.55

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to denial of service, security restriction bypass or spoofing on an affected system.

Recommendation:

The Apache Software Foundation has released new version of the product to address the issues and they can be downloaded at the following URL:

More Information:

• https://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache24
• https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#2.4.55
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-20001
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-36760
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37436