Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0197: httpd:2.4 (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0197)

high Nessus Plugin ID 280122

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2025:0197 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2025-55753:
An integer overflow in the case of failed ACME certificate renewal leads, after a number of failures (~30 days in default configurations), to the backoff timer becoming 0. Attempts to renew the certificate then are repeated without delays until it succeeds.
This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.30 before 2.4.66.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.66, which fixes the issue.

CVE-2025-58098:
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.65 and earlier with Server Side Includes (SSI) enabled and mod_cgid (but not mod_cgi) passes the shell-escaped query string to #exec cmd=... directives.
This issue affects Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.66.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.66, which fixes the issue.

CVE-2025-65082:
Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server through environment variables set via the Apache configuration unexpectedly superseding variables calculated by the server for CGI programs.
This issue affects Apache HTTP Server from 2.4.0 through 2.4.65.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.66 which fixes the issue.

CVE-2025-66200:
mod_userdir+suexec bypass via AllowOverride FileInfo vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server. Users with access to use the RequestHeader directive in htaccess can cause some CGI scripts to run under an unexpected userid.
This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.7 through 2.4.65.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.66, which fixes the issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 280122

File Name: alinux3_sa_2025-0197.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/29/2025

Updated: 12/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-58098

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mod_ssl-debuginfo, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:httpd-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mod_ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:httpd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:httpd-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:httpd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:httpd, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mod_session-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mod_proxy_html-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55753, CVE-2025-58098, CVE-2025-65082, CVE-2025-66200

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