ubuntu-cve-2013-5704
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-04-15 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

The mod_headers module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.22 allows remote attackers to bypass "RequestHeader unset" directives by placing a header in the trailer portion of data sent with chunked transfer coding. NOTE: the vendor states "this is not a security issue in httpd as such."

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2",
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2-data",
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2-mpm-event",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2-mpm-itk",
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2-mpm-prefork",
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2-mpm-worker",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2-suexec",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2-suexec-custom",
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2-suexec-pristine",
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apache2.2-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-macro",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-proxy-html",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "apache2",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/apache2@2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.4.6-2ubuntu2",
        "2.4.6-2ubuntu3",
        "2.4.6-2ubuntu4",
        "2.4.7-1ubuntu1",
        "2.4.7-1ubuntu2",
        "2.4.7-1ubuntu3",
        "2.4.7-1ubuntu4",
        "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The mod_headers module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.22 allows remote attackers to bypass \"RequestHeader unset\" directives by placing a header in the trailer portion of data sent with chunked transfer coding.  NOTE: the vendor states \"this is not a security issue in httpd as such.\"",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5704",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:40Z",
  "published": "2014-04-15T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5704"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://martin.swende.se/blog/HTTPChunked.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev\u0026m=139636309822854\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/CHANGES"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2523-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5704"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2523-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-5704"
  ]
}



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