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Debian DSA-132-1 : apache-ssl - remote DoS / exploit
high Nessus Plugin ID 14969
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Mark Litchfield found a denial of service attack in the Apache web-server. While investigating the problem the Apache Software Foundation discovered that the code for handling invalid requests which use chunked encoding also might allow arbitrary code execution on 64 bit architectures.Solution
This has been fixed in version 1.3.9.13-4.1 of the Debian apache-ssl package and we recommend that you upgrade your apache-ssl package immediately.An update for the soon to be released Debian GNU/Linux 3.0/woody distribution is not available at the moment.
More Information: CVE-2002-0392, VU#944335.
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 14969
File Name: debian_DSA-132.nasl
Version: 1.30
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 9/29/2004
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache-ssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2002
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Apache Win32 Chunked Encoding)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2002-0392
BID: 5033