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CVE-2023-38709

Apache HTTP Server: HTTP response splitting

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. Fixed in 14.6.

CVSS 3.17.3HighEPSS percentile90th3.9% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 1 sourceFix14.6Upgrade to this build

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU, CSAF

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What to do

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  • Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP ServerAffected: ≤ 2.4.58Upgrade to: after 2.4.58Stated by: CVE record
  • Apple MacosAffected: < 14.6Upgrade to: 14.6Stated by: NVD
  • ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special EditionAffected: 1.6 «Смоленск»Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • Novell Inc. Suse Linux Enterprise ServerAffected: 12 SP5Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development KitAffected: 12 SP5Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

Versions as the sources state them. 17 more products have version data. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

Faulty input validation in the core of Apache allows malicious or exploitable backend/content generators to split HTTP responses. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: through 2.4.58.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS90th
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

1 source with a proof of concept or module.

Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in
EPSS

3.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 90th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

The patch came 122 days before any public exploit.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Public exploit / PoCsource: github-poc
  3. Patch availablerecord updated
  4. Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

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Scale

How widely the affected products are used. This is not a count of vulnerable hosts.

Estimate Public sources, each figure dated. How much of it is already patched is not known.

Apache HTTP Server

Web

Usage: unknown. No public source measures this product yet.

Version split: unknown. No public source for this product.

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Scored 7.3 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality LowSome restricted information is disclosed, but limited in scope
  • Integrity LowData modification is possible but limited in scope or consequence
  • Availability LowReduced performance or intermittent disruption of service

Weaknesses

Sources

References in the record

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