UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2255

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2255
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2255.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2255
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Published
2022-07-22T14:01:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:49:36Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability was found in mod_wsgi. The X-Client-IP header is not removed from a request from an untrusted proxy, allowing an attacker to pass the X-Client-IP header to the target WSGI application because the condition to remove it is missing.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mod-wsgi

Package

Name
mod-wsgi
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mod-wsgi@4.5.17-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.17-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.17-1
4.5.17-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.5.17-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-wsgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.5.17-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / mod-wsgi

Package

Name
mod-wsgi
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mod-wsgi@4.6.8-1ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.6.8-1ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.6.5-1
4.6.8-0ubuntu1
4.6.8-1
4.6.8-1build1
4.6.8-1ubuntu1
4.6.8-1ubuntu2
4.6.8-1ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.6.8-1ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-wsgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.6.8-1ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / mod-wsgi

Package

Name
mod-wsgi
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mod-wsgi@4.9.0-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.0-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.7.1-3build2
4.9.0-1
4.9.0-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.0-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3"
        }
    ]
}