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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2024-36387 EUVD-2024-36338GHSA-463r-p989-2f9j

Apache HTTP Server: DoS by Null pointer in websocket over HTTP/2

Published Jul 1, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by apache

Description

Serving WebSocket protocol upgrades over a HTTP/2 connection could result in a Null Pointer dereference, leading to a crash of the server process, degrading performance.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55 – ≤ 2.4.59 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 apache2 2.4.60-1 —
Debian 13 apache2 2.4.60-1 —
Debian 12 apache2 2.4.61-1~deb12u1 DSA-5729-1
Debian 11 apache2 2.4.61-1~deb11u1 DSA-5729-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS apache2 2.4.58-1ubuntu8.2 USN-6885-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS apache2 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.10 USN-6885-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS apache2 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.19 USN-6885-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 mod_http2 2.0.26-2.el9_4.1 RHSA-2024:8680
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-httpd +6 2.4.62-5.el7jbcs RHSA-2025:3452
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 2.0.29-3.el7jbcs RHSA-2025:3452
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl +1 1:2.4.62-5.el7jbcs RHSA-2025:3452
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-openssl +4 1:1.1.1k-19.el7jbcs RHSA-2025:3452

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 mod_http2 2.0.26-2.el9_4.1 ALSA-2024:8680

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 9 mod_http2 2.0.26-2.el9_4.1 RLSA-2024:8680
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 apache2 +5 2.4.58-150600.5.18.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2597-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed apache2 2.4.61-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14116-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 apache2 +6 2.4.58-150600.5.18.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2597-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 apache2 2.4.60-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 apache2 2.4.60-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 apache2 2.4.60-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 apache2 2.4.60-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 apache2 2.4.60-r0 —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 apache2 2.4.60-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 apache2 2.4.60-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 apache2 2.4.60-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 mod_http2 2.0.27-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2024-689

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 httpd 2.4.61-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) httpd 2.4.61-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 mod_http2 2.0.26-2.el9_4.1 ELSA-2024-8680

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