CVE-2018-17189
apache2 - security update
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 7.7%
Description
In Apache HTTP server versions 2.4.37 and prior, by sending request bodies in a slow loris way to plain resources, the h2 stream for that request unnecessarily occupied a server thread cleaning up that incoming data. This affects only HTTP/2 (mod_http2) connections.
How to fix CVE-2018-17189
To remediate CVE-2018-17189, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/apache2—upgrade to 2.4.38-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.4.38-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.4.25-3+deb9u7 or later
Is CVE-2018-17189 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 7.7%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.4.38-r0
- from 0, < 2.4.38-1
- from 0, < 2.4.25-3+deb9u7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |