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Amazon Linux 2 : mod_http2 (ALAS-2019-1264)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 127466

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability was found in Apache HTTP Server 2.4. Using fuzzed network input, the http/2 request handling could be made to access freed memory in string comparison when determining the method of a request and thus process the request incorrectly. (CVE-2019-0196)

Solution

Run 'yum update mod_http2' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1264.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 127466

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1264.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 12/6/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_http2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_http2-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0196

ALAS: 2019-1264