CVE-2021-44790

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-44790  

A carefully crafted request body can cause a buffer overflow in the mod_lua multipart parser (r:parsebody() called from Lua scripts). The Apache httpd team is not aware of an exploit for the vulnerabilty though it might be possible to craft one. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51 and earlier.

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

A carefully crafted request body can cause a buffer overflow in the mod_lua multipart parser (r:parsebody() called from Lua scripts). The Apache httpd team is not aware of an exploit for the vulnerabilty though it might be possible to craft one. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51 and earlier.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 2034674: CVE-2021-44790 httpd: mod_lua: possible buffer overflow when parsing multipart content
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-44790