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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-9788

Providing an initial key with no '=' assignment could reflect the stale value of uninitialized pool memory used by the prior request, leading to leakage of potentially confidential information, and a segfault in other cases resulting in denial of service.

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 56.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 56.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

In Apache httpd before 2.2.34 and 2.4.x before 2.4.27, the value placeholder in [Proxy-]Authorization headers of type 'Digest' was not initialized or reset before or between successive key=value assignments by mod_auth_digest. Providing an initial key with no '=' assignment could reflect the stale value of uninitialized pool memory used by the prior request, leading to leakage of potentially confidential information, and a segfault in other cases resulting in denial of service.

CVSS 3.0
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS
56.77% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-200
Affected
apache/http server · debian/debian linux · apple/mac os x · netapp/oncommand unified manager · netapp/storage automation store · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · redhat/jboss core services · redhat/jboss enterprise application platform · redhat/jboss enterprise web server · oracle/secure global desktop
Source
security@apache.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.