CVE-2017-7668 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apache HTTP Server versions 2.2.32 and 2.4.24, as well as products from Apple, Debian, NetApp, Oracle, and Red Hat. It stems from a bug in HTTP strict parsing that allows an attacker to craft malicious request headers, leading to a segmentation fault or incorrect token parsing. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially causing a denial of service. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:7-mode:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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