CVE-2019-0217

httpd: mod_auth_digest: access control bypass due to race condition

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In Apache HTTP Server 2.4 release 2.4.38 and prior, a race condition in mod_auth_digest when running in a threaded server could allow a user with valid credentials to authenticate using another username, bypassing configured access control restrictions.

En Apache HTTP Server 2.4 versión 2.4.38 y anteriores, una condición de carrera en mod_auth_digest cuando se ejecuta en un servidor multihilo podría permitir a un usuario con credenciales válidas autenticarse usando otro nombre de usuario, evitando las restricciones de control de acceso configuradas.

A race condition was found in mod_auth_digest when the web server was running in a threaded MPM configuration. It could allow a user with valid credentials to authenticate using another username, bypassing configured access control restrictions.

Red Hat JBoss Core Services is a set of supplementary software for Red Hat JBoss middleware products. This software, such as Apache HTTP Server, is common to multiple JBoss middleware products, and is packaged under Red Hat JBoss Core Services to allow for faster distribution of updates, and for a more consistent update experience. This release adds the new Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 packages that are part of the JBoss Core Services offering. This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Core Services Pack Apache Server 2.4.29 and includes bug fixes and enhancements. Issues addressed include bypass and denial of service vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-11-14 CVE Reserved
2019-04-03 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-10-10 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-284: Improper Access Control
CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (41)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/02/5	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107668	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e0b8f6e858b1c8ec2ce8e291a2c543d438915037c7af661ab6d33808%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03ee478b3dda3e381fd6189366fa7af97c980d2f602846eef935277d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06f0d87ebb6d59ed8379633f36f72f5b1f79cadfda72ede0830b42cf%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r76142b8c5119df2178be7c2dba88fde552eedeec37ea993dfce68d1d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd2fb621142e7fa187cfe12d7137bf66e7234abcbbcd800074c84a538%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re473305a65b4db888e3556e4dae10c2a04ee89dcff2e26ecdbd860a9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00008.html	Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/5	Issue Tracking
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190423-0001	Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03950en_us	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html	X_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/savsch/PoC_CVE-2019-0217	2024-10-10

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00051.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00061.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00084.html	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2343	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3436	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4126	2023-11-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1695020	2019-12-10
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ALIR5S3O7NRHEGFMIDMUSYQIZOE4TJJN	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZRMTEIGZKYFNGIDOTXN3GNEJTLVCYU7	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WETXNQWNQLWHV6XNW6YTO5UGDTIWAQGT	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3937-1	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3937-2	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4422	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0217	2019-12-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Http Server Search vendor "Apache" for product "Http Server"				>= 2.4.0 <= 2.4.38 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Http Server" and version " >= 2.4.0 <= 2.4.38"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				28 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "28"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				29 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "29"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				30 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "30"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.10"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				-		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				42.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.3"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Oncommand Unified Manager Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Oncommand Unified Manager"				-		7-mode		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Clustered Data Ontap Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Clustered Data Ontap"				-		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Enterprise Manager Ops Center Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center"				12.3.3 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center" and version "12.3.3"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Enterprise Manager Ops Center Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center"				12.4.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center" and version "12.4.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Http Server Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Http Server"				12.2.1.3.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Http Server" and version "12.2.1.3.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Retail Xstore Point Of Service Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Retail Xstore Point Of Service"				7.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Retail Xstore Point Of Service" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Retail Xstore Point Of Service Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Retail Xstore Point Of Service"				7.1 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Retail Xstore Point Of Service" and version "7.1"		-		Affected