USN-5212-2: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

10 January 2022

Several security issues were fixed in Apache HTTP Server.

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USN-5212-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apache. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain
forward proxy requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly perform
a Server Side Request Forgery attack. (CVE-2021-44224)

It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server Lua module incorrectly
handled memory in the multipart parser. A remote attacker could use this
issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-44790)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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