CVE-2021-44790 (GCVE-0-2021-44790)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-20 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 04:32
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
A 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.
Impacted products
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Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server Version: Apache HTTP Server 2.4   <
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