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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : apache (MDVSA-2013:015-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64902

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in apache (ASF HTTPD) :

Various XSS (cross-site scripting vulnerability) flaws due to unescaped hostnames and URIs HTML output in mod_info, mod_status, mod_imagemap, mod_ldap, and mod_proxy_ftp (CVE-2012-3499).

XSS (cross-site scripting vulnerability) in mod_proxy_balancer manager interface (CVE-2012-4558).

Additionally the ASF bug 53219 was resolved which provides a way to mitigate the CRIME attack vulnerability by disabling TLS-level compression. Use the new directive SSLCompression on|off to enable or disable TLS-level compression, by default SSLCompression is turned on.

The updated packages have been upgraded to the latest 2.2.24 version which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.24

https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53219

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64902

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-015.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 2/27/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-base, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-conf, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-htcacheclean, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_authn_dbd, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_cache, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_dav, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_dbd, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_deflate, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_disk_cache, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_file_cache, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_mem_cache, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_proxy, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_proxy_ajp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_proxy_scgi, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_reqtimeout, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_suexec, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mod_userdir, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-modules, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mpm-event, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mpm-itk, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mpm-peruser, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mpm-prefork, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-mpm-worker, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:apache-source, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3499, CVE-2012-4558

BID: 58119, 58165

MDVSA: 2013:015, 2013:015-1