CVE-2021-26690

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    CVE-2021-26690

    Published: 10 Jun 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.46 A specially crafted Cookie header handled by mod_session can cause a NULL pointer dereference and crash, leading to a possible Denial Of Service

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rae406c1d19c0dfd3103c96923dadac2af1cd0bad6905ab1ede153865%40%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/, http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/6, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re026d3da9d7824bd93b9f871c0fdda978d960c7e62d8c43cba8d0bf3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0001/, https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- da5873e80d6eee7a0838793bf68f1d0254745fbb
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High
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