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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : apache2 (SUSE-SU-2025:02241-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 241604

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02241-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-38477: Fixed null pointer dereference in mod_proxy (bsc#1227270).
 - CVE-2024-39573: Fixed source code disclosure with handlers configured via AddType (bsc#1227271).
 - CVE-2024-39884: Fixed source code disclosure of local content (bsc#1227353).
 - CVE-2024-40725: Fixed potential SSRF in mod_rewrite (bsc#1228097).

 Other bugfixes:

 - Fixed a regression in module loading due to missing sym ap_thread_create (bsc#1233165).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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://bugzilla.suse.com/1227270

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1227271

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1227353

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228097

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1233165

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-July/040632.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38477

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39573

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39884

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40725

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 241604

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02241-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2025

Updated: 7/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-40725

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:L/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-prefork, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-worker, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38477, CVE-2024-39573, CVE-2024-39884, CVE-2024-40725

IAVA: 2024-A-0378-S, 2024-A-0411

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02241-1