CVE-2018-8011

mod_md, DoS via Coredumps on specially crafted requests

By specially crafting HTTP requests, the mod_md challenge handler would dereference a NULL pointer and cause the child process to segfault. This could be used to DoS the server. Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.34 (Affected 2.4.33).

Affected

Apache Software Foundation · Apache HTTP Server

CVSS v3.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

55.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-119

Published

2018-07-18

Updated

2024-09-16

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/javascript/cves/2018/CVE-2018-8011.yaml

Security advisories

• https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#CVE-2018-8011
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041401
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0007

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry