Amazon Linux 2 : httpd, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3379 (ALAS-2026-3379)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 322004

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of httpd installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.68-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3379 advisory.

Use After Free vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server with mod_ldap in per-directory configuration

This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-29167)

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in mod_proxy_ftp's HTML directory list generation in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.67 and earlier when listing FTP directory contents either via forward or reverse proxy configuration.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes this issue. (CVE-2026-29170)

A buffer overflow in mod_proxy_html in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.67 and earlier allows an attack by an untrusted backend.Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes this issue.
(CVE-2026-34355)

Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server with malicious backend servers and ProxyPassReverseCookie*

This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-34356)

A path handling issue in mod_dav_fs in Apache 2.4.67 and earlier allows a WebDAV content author to directly manipulate trusted DAV property databases, potentially causing child process crashes.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes this issue. (CVE-2026-42535)

Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server with mod_xml2enc, xml2StartParse, and untrusted content

This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-42536)

Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server with mod_headers and mod_mime and multiple response languages.

This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67. (CVE-2026-43951)

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.67 and earlier allows local .htaccess authors to read files with the privileges of the httpd user.

This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from through 2.4.67.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-44119)

Buffer Over-read vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server via outbound OCSP requests to an attacker controlled OCSP server

This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-44185)

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache HTTP Server with an attacker controlled backend FTP server.

This issue affects undefined: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-44186)

Buffer Underwrite vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server on crafted regular expressions in the configuration.

This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-44631)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update httpd' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3379' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 322004

File Name: al2_ALAS-2026-3379.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/22/2026

Updated: 6/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44631

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_ssl, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_md, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd-filesystem

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-29167, CVE-2026-29170, CVE-2026-34355, CVE-2026-34356, CVE-2026-42535, CVE-2026-42536, CVE-2026-43951, CVE-2026-44119, CVE-2026-44185, CVE-2026-44186, CVE-2026-44631

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