Bug 2374549 (CVE-2024-42516)

Summary: CVE-2024-42516 httpd: incomplete fix for CVE-2023-38709
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: csutherl, gscott, hmatsumo, jclere, kaugustu, pjindal, plodge, security-response-team, szappis, trathi
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A flaw was found in httpd. The response headers are not sanitized before an HTTP response is sent when a malicious backend can insert a Content-Type, Content-Encoding, or some other headers. These issues lead to HTTP response splitting. This CVE provides a "complete" fix for CVE-2023-38709.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-24 12:08:19 UTC
CVE-2024-42516 - this is the "complete" fix for the CVE-2023-38709 response
splitting issue. The patch issued upstream for CVE-2023-38709 did not fix the vulnerability.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-01 09:14:36 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:34109 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34109

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-20 06:28:20 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:41906 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41906

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-21 15:40:52 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:42828 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42828

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-28 08:59:28 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:47046 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47046

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-19 13:28:21 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP5

Via RHSA-2026:56869 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56869

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-19 13:32:10 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2026:56868 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56868

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2026-09-01 17:41:50 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:62165 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62165

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2026-09-10 05:40:51 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:66323 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66323

Comment 17 Jon Orris 2026-09-14 13:35:59 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:67152 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67152