CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-26690

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jun 10, 2021 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.46 A specially crafted Cookie header handled by mod_session can cause a NULL pointer dereference and crash, leading to a possible Denial Of Service

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Http_server Apache 2.4.0 (including) 2.4.46 (including)
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-apr-0:1.6.3-107.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-apr-util-0:1.6.1-84.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-curl-0:7.78.0-2.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.37-78.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-0:1.3.16-9.Final_redhat_2.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2-0:1.15.7-21.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-0:1.2.48-20.redhat_1.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_md-1:2.0.8-40.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_security-0:2.9.2-67.GA.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.39.2-39.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.1.1g-8.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-openssl-chil-0:1.0.0-7.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11-0:0.4.10-22.el8jbcs *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-apr-0:1.6.3-107.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-apr-util-0:1.6.1-84.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-curl-0:7.78.0-2.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.37-78.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-0:1.3.16-9.Final_redhat_2.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2-0:1.15.7-21.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-0:1.2.48-20.redhat_1.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_md-1:2.0.8-40.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_security-0:2.9.2-67.GA.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.39.2-39.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.1.1g-8.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-openssl-chil-0:1.0.0-7.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11-0:0.4.10-22.jbcs.el7 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat httpd:2.4-8050020210712211742.b4937e53 *
Text-Only JBCS RedHat httpd *
Apache2 Ubuntu bionic *
Apache2 Ubuntu devel *
Apache2 Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Apache2 Ubuntu focal *
Apache2 Ubuntu groovy *
Apache2 Ubuntu hirsute *
Apache2 Ubuntu impish *
Apache2 Ubuntu jammy *
Apache2 Ubuntu trusty *
Apache2 Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Apache2 Ubuntu upstream *
Apache2 Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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