DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9798

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9798
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9798.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9798
Upstream
Published
2017-09-18T15:29:00.307Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:18:28.630824Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Apache httpd allows remote attackers to read secret data from process memory if the Limit directive can be set in a user's .htaccess file, or if httpd.conf has certain misconfigurations, aka Optionsbleed. This affects the Apache HTTP Server through 2.2.34 and 2.4.x through 2.4.27. The attacker sends an unauthenticated OPTIONS HTTP request when attempting to read secret data. This is a use-after-free issue and thus secret data is not always sent, and the specific data depends on many factors including configuration. Exploitation with .htaccess can be blocked with a patch to the aplimitsection function in server/core.c.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / apache2

Package

Name
apache2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/apache2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.27-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / apache2

Package

Name
apache2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/apache2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.27-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / apache2

Package

Name
apache2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/apache2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.27-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / apache2

Package

Name
apache2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/apache2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.27-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}