CVE-2024-39573: Apache HTTP Server: mod_rewrite proxy handler substitution

[Eric Covener <covener () apache org>]

Severity: moderate

Affected versions:

- Apache HTTP Server 2.4.0 through 2.4.59

Description:

Potential SSRF in mod_rewrite in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier allows an attacker to cause unsafe RewriteRules 
to unexpectedly setup URL's to be handled by mod_proxy.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.60, which fixes this issue.

Credit:

Orange Tsai (@orange_8361) from DEVCORE (finder)

References:

https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
https://httpd.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39573

Timeline:

2024-04-01: reported