RHEL 3 / 4 : httpd (RHSA-2006:0159)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20398

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated Apache httpd packages that correct three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Apache HTTP Server is a popular and freely-available Web server.

A memory leak in the worker MPM could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via aborted connections, which prevents the memory for the transaction pool from being reused for other connections. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-2970 to this issue. This vulnerability only affects users who are using the non-default worker MPM.

A flaw in mod_imap when using the Referer directive with image maps was discovered. With certain site configurations, a remote attacker could perform a cross-site scripting attack if a victim can be forced to visit a malicious URL using certain web browsers. (CVE-2005-3352)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw in mod_ssl was discovered affecting server configurations where an SSL virtual host is configured with access control and a custom 400 error document. A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted request to trigger this issue which would lead to a crash. This crash would only be a denial of service if using the non-default worker MPM. (CVE-2005-3357)

Users of httpd should update to these erratum packages which contain backported patches to correct these issues along with some additional bugs.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-3352

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-2970

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-3357

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0159

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20398

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0159.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/11/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A: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-suexec, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2970, CVE-2005-3352, CVE-2005-3357

BID: 15834, 16152

RHSA: 2006:0159