National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-4317
Original release date:11/30/2011
Last revised:02/07/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The mod_proxy module in the Apache HTTP Server 1.3.x through 1.3.42, 2.0.x through 2.0.64, and 2.2.x through 2.2.21, when the Revision 1179239 patch is in place, does not properly interact with use of (1) RewriteRule and (2) ProxyPassMatch pattern matches for configuration of a reverse proxy, which allows remote attackers to send requests to intranet servers via a malformed URI containing an @ (at sign) character and a : (colon) character in invalid positions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-3368.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: MISC
Name: https://community.qualys.com/blogs/securitylabs/2011/11/23/apache-reverse-proxy-bypass-issue
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=756483
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1026353
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2012:003
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.devel/46440
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48551
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:0128
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBOV02822
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT100966
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0248
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0243
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBMU02786
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT100877