SB2018032723 - Null pointer dereference in apache2 (Alpine package) 



SB2018032723 - Null pointer dereference in apache2 (Alpine package)

Published: March 27, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018032723
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1302)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper destruction of an HTTP/2 stream after being handled. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP/2 stream, write a NULL pointer value to an already freed memory space and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.