Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: httpd / httpd-debuginfo / httpd-debugsource / httpd-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_4720)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 353729

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Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_4720 advisory.

* httpd: Encoding problem in mod_proxy (CVE-2024-38473)

* httpd: Substitution encoding issue in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-38474)

* httpd: Improper escaping of output in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-38475)

* httpd: NULL pointer dereference in mod_proxy (CVE-2024-38477)

* httpd: Potential SSRF in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-39573)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_4720.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 353729

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_4720.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Percentile: 98.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38474

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38473, CVE-2024-38474, CVE-2024-38475, CVE-2024-38477, CVE-2024-39573

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