Detections
Analytics

Oracle Linux 10 : httpd (ELSA-2026-34109)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 327629

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-34109 advisory.

 - Resolves: RHEL-186221 - httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Heap-based Buffer Overflow via malicious backend servers (CVE-2026-34356)
 - Resolves: RHEL-186195 - httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Heap-based Buffer Overflow via untrusted content in mod_xml2enc (CVE-2026-42536)
 - Resolves: RHEL-186182 - httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Buffer overflow in mod_proxy_html allows security bypass (CVE-2026-34355)
 - Resolves: RHEL-186158 - httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Buffer Over-read via outbound OCSP requests to attacker-controlled server (CVE-2026-44185)
 - Resolves: RHEL-184305 - httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Denial of Service via crafted regular expressions (CVE-2026-44631)
 - Resolves : RHEL-182581 - httpd: incomplete fix for CVE-2023-38709 (CVE-2024-42516)
 - Resolves: RHEL-175621 - httpd: NULL pointer dereference via specially crafted request (CVE-2026-29169)
 - Also addresses CVE-2026-44119, CVE-2026-44186, CVE-2026-42535, CVE-2026-24072, CVE-2026-33006, CVE-2026-43951
 - Resolves: RHEL-173549 - httpd: Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy_ajp: Arbitrary code execution via heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-28780)
 - Resolves: RHEL-175065 - httpd: NULL pointer dereference can cause a child process crash (CVE-2026-33007)
 - Resolves: RHEL-175095 - httpd: off-by-one out-of-bounds reads in AJP getter functions (CVE-2026-33857)
 - Resolves: RHEL-175039 - httpd: heap-based buffer over-read due to missing null-termination check (CVE-2026-34032)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-34109.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 327629

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-34109.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2026

Updated: 7/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.11

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42516

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44631

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_lua, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-tools

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: 7/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42516, CVE-2026-29169, CVE-2026-34355, CVE-2026-34356, CVE-2026-42536, CVE-2026-44185, CVE-2026-44631