It has been discovered that the mod_session module of Apache HTTP Server (httpd), through version 2.4.29, has an improper input validation flaw in the way it handles HTTP session headers in some configurations. A remote attacker may influence their content by using a "Session" header.
Find out more about CVE-2018-1283 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of httpd as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as they did not include mod_session module.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 4.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (httpd24-httpd) | RHSA-2018:3558 | 2018-11-13 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (httpd24-httpd) | RHSA-2018:3558 | 2018-11-13 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 | rhmap-httpd-docker | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 | httpd | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | httpd | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | httpd | Not affected |
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