Alpine: multiple apache2 packages: security update to 2.4.55-r0

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423660

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- A carefully crafted If: request header can cause a memory read, or write of a single zero byte, in a pool
(heap) memory location beyond the header value sent. This could cause the process to crash. This issue
affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.54 and earlier. (CVE-2006-20001)

- Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') vulnerability in mod_proxy_ajp of
Apache HTTP Server allows an attacker to smuggle requests to the AJP server it forwards requests to. This
issue affects Apache HTTP Server Apache HTTP Server 2.4 version 2.4.54 and prior versions.
(CVE-2022-36760)

- Prior to Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55, a malicious backend can cause the response headers to be truncated
early, resulting in some headers being incorporated into the response body. If the later headers have any
security purpose, they will not be interpreted by the client. (CVE-2022-37436)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423660

Version: Revision 1.12

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.28

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-36760

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-20001, CVE-2022-36760, CVE-2022-37436

IAVA: 2023-A-0047-S

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