This is fixed in bionic and later. Leaving a task open for xenial.
Links to the upstream fix:
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767483
https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/950093162e445141c5126e4d11e6466e3184b0ce
** Also affects: apache2 (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: apache2 (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
** Changed in: apache2 (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: apache2 (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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