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, hmatsumo, jclere, pjindal, plodge, security-response-team, szappis
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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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Bug Depends On: 2379862, 2379863    
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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.