Mageia alert MGASA-2022-0289 (apache-mod_wsgi)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2022-0289: Updated apache-mod_wsgi packages fix security vulnerability
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Sat, 20 Aug 2022 12:05:16 +0200
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Article
MGASA-2022-0289 - Updated apache-mod_wsgi packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 20 Aug 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0289.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-2255

Description:
It was discovered that mod-wsgi did not correctly remove the X-Client-IP
header when processing requests from untrusted proxies. A remote attacker
could use this issue to pass the header to WSGI applications, contrary to
expectations (CVE-2022-2255).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30711
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5551-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2255

SRPMS:
- 8/core/apache-mod_wsgi-4.6.8-4.1.mga8