SB2024121630 - IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) update for Apache HTTP Server
Published: December 16, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024121630
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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
Install update from vendor's website.