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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-11993

Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.20 to 2.4.43 When trace/debug was enabled for the HTTP/2 module and on certain traffic edge patterns, logging statements were made on the wrong connection, causing concurrent use of memory pools. Configuring the LogLevel of mod_http2 above "info" will mitigate this vulnerability for unpatched servers.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:24 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-11993

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Aug 2020, 16:15 UTC

Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.20 to 2.4.43 When trace/debug was enabled for the HTTP/2 module and on certain traffic edge patterns, logging statements were made on the wrong connection, causing concurrent use of memory pools. Configuring the LogLevel of mod_http2 above "info" will mitigate this vulnerability for unpatched servers.

osv:CVE-2020-11993
Complete source record
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    "summary": "Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.20 to 2.4.43 When trace/debug was enabled for the HTTP/2 module and on certain traffic edge patterns, logging statements were made on the wrong connection, causing concurrent use of memory pools. Configuring the LogLevel of mod_http2 above \"info\" will mitigate this vulnerability for unpatched servers.",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441138,
  "published_at": "2020-08-07T16:15:11.887+00:00"
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