CVE-2023-38709

Publication date 4 April 2024

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.3 · High

Score breakdown

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

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apache2 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

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

Other references