ALPINE-CVE-2017-15710
In Apache httpd 2.0.23 to 2.0.65, 2.2.0 to 2.2.34, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.29, mod_authnz_ldap, if configured with AuthLDAPCharsetConfig, uses the Accept-Language header value to lookup the right charset encoding when verifying the user's credentials. If the header value is not present in the charset conversion table, a fallback mechanism is used to truncate it to a two characters value to allow a quick retry (for example, 'en-US' is truncated to 'en'). A header value of less than two characters forces an out of bound write of one NUL byte to a memory location that is not part of the string. In the worst case, quite unlikely, the process would crash which could be used as a Denial of Service attack. In the more likely case, this memory is already reserved for future use and the issue has no effect at all.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.5 | apache2 | 2.4.6-r2, 0, 2.4.9-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.4 | apache2 | 2.2.16-r0, 0, 2.4.9-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | apache2 | 2.4.17-r2, 2.4.18-r1, 2.4.18-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | apache2 | 2.2.21-r3, 0, 2.2.16-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | apache2 | 2.2.21-r3, 0, 2.4.9-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | apache2 | 0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | apache2 | 2.2.16-r0, 2.2.16-r1, 2.2.16-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | apache2 | 2.4.18-r1, 0, 2.4.9-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | apache2 | 2.4.9-r0, 0, 2.4.9-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | apache2 | 2.2.16-r3, 2.2.17-r0, 2.2.17-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | apache2 | 0, 2.2.16-r0, 2.2.16-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | apache2 | 0, 0, 2.4.9-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | apache2 | 2.2.22-r0, 2.2.22-r1, 2.4.10-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | apache2 | 2.4.4-r1, 0, 2.2.16-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | apache2 | 2.4.29-r1, 2.4.10-r0, 2.4.12-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | apache2 | 2.4.9-r1, 2.2.22-r0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | apache2 | 2.4.17-r0, 0, 2.4.9-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | apache2 | 2.2.16-r0, 2.2.16-r2, 2.2.17-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | apache2 | 0, 0, 2.2.16-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | apache2 | 2.2.16-r1, 0, 2.4.9-r1 |
…and 1 more
Timeline
- Mar 26, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated