CVE-2021-44790

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-44790
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-20 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:39:00 UTC
DescriptionA carefully crafted request body can cause a buffer overflow in the mod_lua multipart parser (r:parsebody() called from Lua scripts). The Apache httpd team is not aware of an exploit for the vulnerabilty though it might be possible to craft one. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51 and earlier.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server All All All All
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2020-001 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-001 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-002 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-003 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-004 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-005 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-006 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-007 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-008 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2022-001 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2022-002 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2022-003 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2020-001 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-001 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-002 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-003 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-004 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-005 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-006 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-007 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-008 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2022-001 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2022-002 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2022-003 All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Oracle Communications Element Manager All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Operations Monitor 4.3 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Operations Monitor 4.4 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Operations Monitor 5.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Report Manager All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Route Manager All All All All
Application Oracle Http Server 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Http Server 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Instantis Enterprisetrack 17.1 All All All
Application Oracle Instantis Enterprisetrack 17.2 All All All
Application Oracle Instantis Enterprisetrack 17.3 All All All
Application Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance Kit 8.8 All All All
Application Tenable Tenable.sc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities - The Apache HTTP Server Project MISC httpd.apache.org
Apache HTTPD: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-20) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: httpd-2.4.53-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-2 macOS Monterey 12.4 FULLDISC seclists.org
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.4 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-44790: Apache HTTP Server: Possible buffer overflow when parsing multipart content in mod_lua of Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51 and earlier MLIST www.openwall.com
[R1] Tenable.sc 5.20.0 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable® CONFIRM www.tenable.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: httpd-2.4.53-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Apache 2.4.x Buffer Overflow ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5035-1 apache2 DEBIAN www.debian.org
About the security content of Security Update 2022-004 Catalina - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: httpd-2.4.53-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[R1] Stand-alone Security Patch Available for Tenable.sc versions 5.16.0 to 5.19.1: Patch 202201.1 - Security Advisory | Tenable® CONFIRM www.tenable.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: httpd-2.4.53-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: httpd-2.4.53-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: httpd-2.4.52-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-4 Security Update 2022-004 Catalina FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: httpd-2.4.53-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
December 2021 Apache HTTP Server Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: httpd-2.4.52-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Chamal

LEGACY: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150462 Apache HTTP Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44790)
  • 159594 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for httpd (ELSA-2022-0143)
  • 159602 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for httpd:2.4 (ELSA-2022-0258)
  • 178985 Debian Security Update for apache2 (DSA 5035-1)
  • 179048 Debian Security Update for apache2 (DLA 2907-1)
  • 184936 Debian Security Update for apache2 (CVE-2021-44790)
  • 198620 Ubuntu Security Notification for Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Server Vulnerabilities (USN-5212-1)
  • 240007 Red Hat Update for httpd (RHSA-2022:0143)
  • 240038 Red Hat Update for httpd:2.4 (RHSA-2022:0258)
  • 240041 Red Hat Update for httpd24-httpd (RHSA-2022:0303)
  • 240426 Red Hat Update for httpd:2.4 (RHSA-2022:0288)
  • 257148 CentOS Security Update for httpd (CESA-2022:0143)
  • 282186 Fedora Security Update for httpd (FEDORA-2021-29a536c2ae)
  • 282500 Fedora Security Update for httpd (FEDORA-2022-b4103753e9)
  • 282521 Fedora Security Update for httpd (FEDORA-2022-21264ec6db)
  • 296061 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 42.113.1 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 353114 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for httpd24 : ALAS-2022-1560
  • 353126 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for httpd : ALAS2-2022-1737
  • 354343 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for httpd : ALAS2022-2022-018
  • 354482 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for httpd : ALAS2022-2022-202
  • 354577 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for httpd : ALAS2022-2022-202
  • 355264 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for httpd : ALAS2023-2023-072
  • 376607 Apple macOS Security Update 2022-004 Catalina (HT213255)
  • 376608 Apple MacOS Big Sur 11.6.6 Not Installed (HT213256)
  • 376612 Apple macOS Monterey 12.4 Not Installed (HT213257)
  • 377218 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for httpd (ALINUX2-SA-2022:0004)
  • 377378 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for httpd:2.4 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0017)
  • 378371 IBM Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (6540288)
  • 500025 Alpine Linux Security Update for apache2
  • 503716 Alpine Linux Security Update for apache2
  • 590870 Mitsubishi Electric MELSOFT iQ AppPortal Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-22-132-02)
  • 671368 EulerOS Security Update for httpd (EulerOS-SA-2022-1306)
  • 671389 EulerOS Security Update for httpd (EulerOS-SA-2022-1290)
  • 671402 EulerOS Security Update for httpd (EulerOS-SA-2022-1326)
  • 671419 EulerOS Security Update for httpd (EulerOS-SA-2022-1349)
  • 671509 EulerOS Security Update for httpd (EulerOS-SA-2022-1488)
  • 671515 EulerOS Security Update for httpd (EulerOS-SA-2022-1507)
  • 671659 EulerOS Security Update for httpd (EulerOS-SA-2022-1730)
  • 690751 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for apache httpd (ca982e2d-61a9-11ec-8be6-d4c9ef517024)
  • 710595 Gentoo Linux Apache HTTPD Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-20)
  • 730312 Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • 751596 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for apache2 (SUSE-SU-2022:0065-1)
  • 751604 OpenSUSE Security Update for apache2 (openSUSE-SU-2022:0091-1)
  • 751606 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for apache2 (SUSE-SU-2022:0119-1)
  • 751711 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for apache2 (SUSE-SU-2022:0440-1)
  • 752001 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for apache2 (SUSE-SU-2022:0091-1)
  • 753104 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for apache2 (SUSE-SU-2022:0091-2)
  • 900337 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for httpd (7035)
  • 901425 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for httpd (7044-1)
  • 940438 AlmaLinux Security Update for httpd:2.4 (ALSA-2022:0258)
  • 960730 Rocky Linux Security Update for httpd:2.4 (RLSA-2022:0258)
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