USN-5942-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25690)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-03-09 14:30 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:11 – Source website
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Lars Krapf discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy module incorrectly handled certain configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. (CVE-2023-25690)

Dimas Fariski Setyawan Putra discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy_uwsgi module incorrectly handled certain special characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2023-27522)

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  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:30Z",
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