SB2024092310 - Authentication bypass in F5 Traffix SDC Apache HTTPD



SB2024092310 - Authentication bypass in F5 Traffix SDC Apache HTTPD

Published: September 23, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024092310
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38473)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling incorrect encoding in mod_proxy. A remote attacker can force the web server to pass request URLs with incorrect encoding to backend services.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.