Fedora 15 : httpd-2.2.21-1.fc15 (2011-12715)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56217

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update includes the latest stable release of the Apache HTTP Server, version 2.2.21. Two security issues have been fixed :

mod_proxy_ajp when combined with mod_proxy_balancer: Prevents unrecognized HTTP methods from marking ajp: balancer members in an error state, avoiding denial of service. (CVE-2011-3348)

Fixes to the handling of byte-range requests to use less memory, to avoid denial of service. (CVE-2011-3192)

A number of bugs have been fixed as well. See :

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.21 http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.20

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 httpd package.

See Also

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.20

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.21

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707917

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733217

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736104

http://www.nessus.org/u?04b9a766

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56217

File Name: fedora_2011-12715.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:httpd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2011

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3192

BID: 49303, 49616

FEDORA: 2011-12715