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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-0196

A vulnerability was found in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 to 2.4.38. Using fuzzed network input, the http/2 request handling could be made to access freed memory in string comparison when determining the method of a request and thus process the request incorrectly.

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CVE-2019-0196

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Jun 2019, 22:29 UTC

A vulnerability was found in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 to 2.4.38. Using fuzzed network input, the http/2 request handling could be made to access freed memory in string comparison when determining the method of a request and thus process the request incorrectly.

osv:CVE-2019-0196
Complete source record
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        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WETXNQWNQLWHV6XNW6YTO5UGDTIWAQGT/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWRYD6JMEJ6O3JKJZFNOYXMJJU5JMEJK/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTJPHI3E3OKW7OT7COQXVG7DE7IDQ2OT/",
        "https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03950en_us",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932",
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        "https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html",
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/5",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190617-0002/",
        "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K44591505",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3937-1/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4422",
        "https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html",
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