RHEL 9 : mod_proxy_cluster (RHSA-2025:9434)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 240431

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for mod_proxy_cluster.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:9434 advisory.

The mod_proxy_cluster module is a plugin for the Apache HTTP Server that provides load-balancer functionality.

Security Fix(es):

* mod_proxy_cluster: mod_proxy_cluster unauthorized MCMP requests (CVE-2024-10306)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the RHEL mod_proxy_cluster package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:9434.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 240431

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-9434.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/25/2025

Updated: 6/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10306

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_proxy_cluster, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10306

CWE: 863

RHSA: 2025:9434

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