CVE-2021-41524

null pointer dereference in h2 fuzzing

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

While fuzzing the 2.4.49 httpd, a new null pointer dereference was detected during HTTP/2 request processing, allowing an external source to DoS the server. This requires a specially crafted request. The vulnerability was recently introduced in version 2.4.49. No exploit is known to the project.

Mientras se realizaba el fuzzing del httpd versión 2.4.49, se detectó una nueva desreferencia de puntero null durante el procesamiento de peticiones HTTP/2, permitiendo a una fuente externa hacer DoS al servidor. Esto requiere una petición especialmente diseñada. La vulnerabilidad fue introducida recientemente en la versión 2.4.49. No se conoce ninguna explotación en el proyecto

*Credits: Apache httpd team would like to thank LI ZHI XIN from NSFocus Security Team for reporting this issue.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-09-20 CVE Reserved
2021-10-05 CVE Published
2024-06-20 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/05/1	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0009	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DSM6UWQICBJ2TU727RENU3HBKEAFLT6T	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUVJVRJRBW5QVX4OY3NOHZDQ3B3YOTSG	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20	2023-11-07
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-httpd-pathtrv-LAzg68cZ	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41524	2022-10-26
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2010934	2022-10-26

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"				2.4.49 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Http Server" and version "2.4.49"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				34 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "34"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Instantis Enterprisetrack Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Instantis Enterprisetrack"				17.1 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Instantis Enterprisetrack" and version "17.1"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Instantis Enterprisetrack Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Instantis Enterprisetrack"				17.2 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Instantis Enterprisetrack" and version "17.2"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Instantis Enterprisetrack Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Instantis Enterprisetrack"				17.3 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Instantis Enterprisetrack" and version "17.3"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Cloud Backup Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Cloud Backup"				-		-		Affected