RHEL 7 : httpd (RHSA-2017:3194)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104540

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for httpd.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3194 advisory.

- httpd: ap_get_basic_auth_pw() authentication bypass (CVE-2017-3167)

- httpd: mod_ssl NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2017-3169)

- httpd: ap_find_token() buffer overread (CVE-2017-7668)

- httpd: mod_mime buffer overread (CVE-2017-7679)

- httpd: Uninitialized memory reflection in mod_auth_digest (CVE-2017-9788)

- httpd: Use-after-free by limiting unregistered HTTP method (Optionsbleed) (CVE-2017-9798)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL httpd package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:3194.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104540

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3194.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/14/2017

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7679

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:7.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3167, CVE-2017-3169, CVE-2017-7668, CVE-2017-7679, CVE-2017-9788, CVE-2017-9798

CWE: 122, 125, 287, 416, 456, 476

RHSA: 2017:3194

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