CVE-2017-7679

Publication date 19 June 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

In Apache httpd 2.2.x before 2.2.33 and 2.4.x before 2.4.26, mod_mime can read one byte past the end of a buffer when sending a malicious Content-Type response header.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apache2	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.4.25-3ubuntu2.1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 2.4.18-2ubuntu4.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.16

Notes

mdeslaur

one byte buffer over-read

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
apache2	Upstream: https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/patches/apply_to_2.2.32/CVE-2017-7679.patch Upstream: 398f3dd Upstream: 0b97b9f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H