CVE-2024-38473

Apache HTTP Server proxy encoding problem

Summary

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Encoding problem in mod_proxy in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier allows request URLs with incorrect encoding to be sent to backend services, potentially bypassing authentication via crafted requests.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.60, which fixes this issue.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Affected packages

Bitnami apache

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"2.4.0"},{"fixed":"2.4.60"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2024-38473 apache2 Fixed in: 2.4.60-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38473 apache2 Fixed in: 2.4.61-1~deb11u1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38473 apache2 Fixed in: 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.17+esm17

References

advisory httpd.apache.org
advisory security.netapp.com
web openwall.com
web nvd.nist.gov