Bug 1605052 (CVE-2018-8011) - CVE-2018-8011 httpd: mod_md: NULL pointer dereference causing httpd child process crash
Summary: CVE-2018-8011 httpd: mod_md: NULL pointer dereference causing httpd child pro...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2018-8011
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1605093 1605094
Blocks: 1605053
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-07-20 04:56 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2021-02-16 23:56 UTC (History)
57 users (show)

Fixed In Version: httpd 2.4.34
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:33:44 UTC
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mod_md CVE-2018-8011 patch (974 bytes, patch)
2018-07-20 09:27 UTC, Joe Orton
no flags Details | Diff

Description Sam Fowler 2018-07-20 04:56:25 UTC
Apache httpd before version 2.4.34 has a vulnerability in mod_md. By specially crafting HTTP requests, the mod_md challenge handler would dereference a NULL pointer and cause the child process to segfault. This could be used to DoS the server.


External References:

https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#CVE-2018-8011

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2018-07-20 07:32:23 UTC
The affected mod_md module was only introduced upstream in version 2.4.30 as an experimental module:

  *) mod_md: new experimental, module for managing domains across virtual hosts,
     implementing the Let's Encrypt ACMEv1 protocol to signup and renew 
     certificates. Please read the modules documentation for further instructions
     on how to use it. [Stefan Eissing]

http://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.32
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_md.html

Note that versions 2.4.30 and 2.4.31 were not released, so the first released version with this functionality was 2.4.32.

Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2018-07-20 07:34:01 UTC
Created httpd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1605093]

Comment 5 Tomas Hoger 2018-07-20 09:07:04 UTC
This should be the patch, as applied to the mod_md git repo:

https://github.com/icing/mod_md/commit/e71001955809247b3aa4d269e1e0741b4fe0fc3d

It notes the following fix for the mod_md 1.1.11:

  * fixes a Null Dereference when specially crafted requests are sent to the
    server. Reported by Daniel Caminada <daniel.caminada>.

However, that commit includes additional unrelated changes (from mod_md 1.1.12).  The relevant part should be the second and the third change to the mod_md.c file.

The fix integrated to httpd trunk via this commit:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1832935
https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/7bd724657c3b0a4a6016ca72f1be26ac9ebd8cd2

The fix to the 2.4 branch was even combined with lot of other changes, updating mod_md from version 1.0.8 to 1.1.15:

https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/acfdb68fb80618fe5af06dcfa1dd8ca7b0e6d76d

Comment 6 Joe Orton 2018-07-20 09:27:05 UTC
Created attachment 1464893 [details]
mod_md CVE-2018-8011 patch

According to (previously private) discussion at security.org, the specific fix for the mod_md issue is as attached. I am making it public here for full disclosure.


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