openSUSE Security Update : apache2 (apache2-1419)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42248

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of the Apache webserver fixes various security issues :

- the option IncludesNOEXEC could be bypassed via .htaccess (CVE-2009-1195)

- mod_proxy could run into an infinite loop when used as reverse proxy (CVE-2009-1890)

- mod_deflate continued to compress large files even after a network connection was closed, causing mod_deflate to consume large amounts of CPU (CVE-2009-1891)

- The ap_proxy_ftp_handler function in modules/proxy/proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and child process crash) via a malformed reply to an EPSV command. (CVE-2009-3094)

- access restriction bypass in mod_proxy_ftp module (CVE-2009-3095)

Solution

Update the affected apache2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42248

File Name: suse_11_1_apache2-091020.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/26/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-example-pages, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-prefork, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-worker, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1195, CVE-2009-1890, CVE-2009-1891, CVE-2009-3094, CVE-2009-3095

CWE: 16, 119, 189, 264, 399