apache2 — security advisory
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may crash or disclose information due to a read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match() when provided with an extremely large input buffer. While no code distributed with the server can be coerced into such a call, third-party modules or lua scripts that use ap_strcmp_match() may hypothetically be affected.
- Products
- apache2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.4.54-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-28615
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may crash or disclose information due to a read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match() when provided with an extremely large input buffer. While no code distributed with the server can be coerced into such a call, third-party modules or lua scripts that use ap_strcmp_match() may hypothetically be affected.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28615
apache2
Fixed versions: 2.4.54-1
apache2
Fixed versions: 2.4.54-1
apache2
Fixed versions: 2.4.54-1
Complete source record
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