#VU17177 Input validation error in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2018-17189

Vulnerability identifier: #VU17177

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17189

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Apache HTTP Server
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor: Apache Foundation

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

The weakness exists due to an error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request bodies in a slow loris way to plain resources and cause the h2 stream for that request unnecessarily occupied a server thread cleaning up that incoming data. 

Mitigation
Update to version 2.4.38.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache HTTP Server: 2.4.17 - 2.4.37

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External links
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.