CVE-2018-1283: Tampering of mod_session data for CGI applications. Severity: Medium
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation Versions Affected: httpd 2.4.0 to 2.4.29 Description: When mod_session is configured to forward its session data to CGI applications (SessionEnv on, not the default), a remote user may influence their content by using a "Session" header. This comes from the "HTTP_SESSION" variable name used by mod_session to forward its data to CGIs, since the prefix "HTTP_" is also used by the Apache HTTP Server to pass HTTP header fields, per CGI specifications. The severity is set to Medium because "SessionEnv on" is not a default nor common configuration, it should be considered High when this is the case though, because of the possible remote exploitation. Mitigation: All httpd users should upgrade to 2.4.30 or later. Credit: The issue was discovered internally by the Apache HTTP Server team. References: https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html