Oracle Linux 7 : httpd24-httpd (ELSA-2015-1666)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181102

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1666 advisory.

- The chunked transfer coding implementation in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.14 does not properly parse chunk headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a crafted request, related to mishandling of large chunk-size values and invalid chunk-extension characters in modules/http/http_filters.c. (CVE-2015-3183)

- The ap_some_auth_required function in server/request.c in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x before 2.4.14 does not consider that a Require directive may be associated with an authorization setting rather than an authentication setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the presence of a module that relies on the 2.2 API behavior.
(CVE-2015-3185)

- The lua_websocket_read function in lua_request.c in the mod_lua module in the Apache HTTP Server through 2.4.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash) by sending a crafted WebSocket Ping frame after a Lua script has called the wsupgrade function. (CVE-2015-0228)

- The read_request_line function in server/protocol.c in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.12 does not initialize the protocol structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash) by sending a request that lacks a method to an installation that enables the INCLUDES filter and has an ErrorDocument 400 directive specifying a local URI. (CVE-2015-0253)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1666.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181102

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1666.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/8/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3183

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0253

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-httpd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-mod_session, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-mod_ssl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0228, CVE-2015-0253, CVE-2015-3183, CVE-2015-3185