Debian DLA-2960-1 : apache2 - LTS security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 159141

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2960 advisory.

- A carefully crafted request body can cause a read to a random memory area which could cause the process to crash. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.52 and earlier. (CVE-2022-22719)

- Apache HTTP Server 2.4.52 and earlier fails to close inbound connection when errors are encountered discarding the request body, exposing the server to HTTP Request Smuggling (CVE-2022-22720)

- If LimitXMLRequestBody is set to allow request bodies larger than 350MB (defaults to 1M) on 32 bit systems an integer overflow happens which later causes out of bounds writes. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.52 and earlier. (CVE-2022-22721)

- Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in mod_sed of Apache HTTP Server allows an attacker to overwrite heap memory with possibly attacker provided data. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4 version 2.4.52 and prior versions. (CVE-2022-23943)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the apache2 packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.25-3+deb9u13.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/apache2

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-2960

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-22719

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-22720

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-22721

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23943

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/apache2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 159141

File Name: debian_DLA-2960.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2022

Updated: 11/3/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23943

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-ssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-suexec-custom, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-suexec-pristine, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-utils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22719, CVE-2022-22720, CVE-2022-22721, CVE-2022-23943

IAVA: 2022-A-0124-S