CVE-2023-38709

Publication date 4 April 2024

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Faulty input validation in the core of Apache allows malicious or exploitable backend/content generators to split HTTP responses. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: through 2.4.58.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apache2	25.10 questing	Fixed 2.4.58-1ubuntu8.1
	25.04 plucky	Fixed 2.4.58-1ubuntu8.1
	24.10 oracular	Fixed 2.4.58-1ubuntu8.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2.4.58-1ubuntu8.1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 2.4.57-2ubuntu2.4
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.9
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.17
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.27+esm2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.17+esm12
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
apache2	Upstream: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1916770 Upstream: ac20389

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.3 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6729-1
Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
11 April 2024

USN-6729-2
Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
17 April 2024

USN-6729-3
Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
29 April 2024