darkhttpd through 1.15 allows local users to discover credentials (for --auth) by listing processes and their arguments.

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

  - darkhttpd through 1.15 allows local users to discover credentials (for --auth) by listing processes and
    their arguments. (CVE-2024-23770)

  - darkhttpd before 1.15 uses strcmp (which is not constant time) to verify authentication, which makes it
    easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication via a timing side channel. (CVE-2024-23771)

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-d638b9a34c advisory.

    - Update to 1.16 fixes rhbz#2259096


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-25f8e34407 advisory.

    - Update to 1.16 fixes rhbz#2259096


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
423825	Alpine: multiple darkhttpd packages: security update to 1.15-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	critical
423825	Alpine: multiple darkhttpd packages: security update to 1.15-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	critical
204820	Fedora 39 : darkhttpd (2024-d638b9a34c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
204811	Fedora 40 : darkhttpd (2024-25f8e34407)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

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CVE-2024-23770

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Tenable Plugins

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