Fedora 7 : mod_perl-2.0.3-9.1.fc7 (2007-0316)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27658

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a security issue in mod_perl.

An issue was found in the 'namespace_from_uri' method of the ModPerl::RegistryCooker class. If a server implemented a mod_perl registry module using this method, a remote attacker requesting a carefully crafted URI can cause resource consumption, which could lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2007-1349)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected mod_perl, mod_perl-debuginfo and / or mod_perl-devel packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a830d739

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27658

File Name: fedora_2007-0316.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mod_perl, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mod_perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mod_perl-devel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1349

CWE: 399

FEDORA: 2007-0316