CVE-2024-38479 (GCVE-0-2024-38479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-14 09:52 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:38
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Summary
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.11, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.5. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.6, which fixes the issue, or 10.0.2, which does not have the issue.
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CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
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Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server Affected: 8.0.0 , ≤ 8.1.11 (semver)
Affected: 9.0.0 , ≤ 9.2.5 (semver)
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