RULE(RULE ID:330072)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2020-04-29
Rule Name: Apache httpd mod_md Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability (CVE-2018-8011)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: 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).
Impact: An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to have unspecified effect.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux
Reference: SecurityTrackerID:1041401
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#CVE-2018-8011
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Solutions
The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#CVE-2018-8011