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GLSA-200604-08 : libapreq2: Denial of Service vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21254

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200604-08 (libapreq2: Denial of Service vulnerability)

 A vulnerability has been reported in the apreq_parse_headers() and apreq_parse_urlencoded() functions of Apache2::Request.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly exploit the vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service by CPU consumption.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All libapreq2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apache/libapreq2-2.07'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2762e917

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200604-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21254

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200604-08.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 4/21/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libapreq2, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0042

GLSA: 200604-08