UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11985 (CVE-2020-11985)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2020-08-07 16:15 – Updated: 2026-10-17 09:07 – Source website
VLAI
Details

IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite For configurations using proxying with mod_remoteip and certain mod_rewrite rules, an attacker could spoof their IP address for logging and PHP scripts. Note this issue was fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.24 but was retrospectively allocated a low severity CVE in 2020.

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
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        "2.4.7-1ubuntu4.22+esm16",
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite For configurations using proxying with mod_remoteip and certain mod_rewrite rules, an attacker could spoof their IP address for logging and PHP scripts. Note this issue was fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.24 but was retrospectively allocated a low severity CVE in 2020.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11985",
  "modified": "2026-10-17T09:07:13Z",
  "published": "2020-08-07T16:15:00Z",
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11985"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#CVE-2020-11985"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/07/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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}



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