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Fedora 28 : httpd (2018-6744ca470d)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 120484

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update includes the latest upstream release of the Apache HTTP Server, version 2.4.33. A number of security vulnerabilities are fixed in this release :

 - *Low*: Possible out of bound read in mod_cache_socache (CVE-2018-1303)

 - *Low*: Possible out of bound access after failure in reading the HTTP request (CVE-2018-1301)

 - *Low*: Weak Digest auth nonce generation in mod_auth_digest (CVE-2018-1312)

 - *Low*: <FilesMatch> bypass with a trailing newline in the file name (CVE-2017-15715)

 - *Low*: Out of bound write in mod_authnz_ldap when using too small Accept-Language values (CVE-2017-15710)

 - *Moderate*: Tampering of mod_session data for CGI applications (CVE-2018-1283)

For more information about changes in this release, see:
https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.33

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Solution

Update the affected httpd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-6744ca470d

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 120484

File Name: fedora_2018-6744ca470d.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:httpd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15710, CVE-2017-15715, CVE-2018-1283, CVE-2018-1301, CVE-2018-1303, CVE-2018-1312