UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2255

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2255

    Published: 22 Jul 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-2255
    Aliases:
    USN-5551-1

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in mod_wsgi. The X-Client-IP header is not removed from a request from an untrusted proxy, allowing an attacker to pass the X-Client-IP header to the target WSGI application because the condition to remove it is missing.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2255, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2255, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5551-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2255

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mod-wsgi

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.5.17-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    4.5.17-1
    4.5.17-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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