Debian DSA-2237-1 : apr - denial of service
medium Nessus Plugin ID 53900
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VPR Score: 2.2
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
A flaw was found in the APR library, which could be exploited through Apache HTTPD's mod_autoindex. If a directory indexed by mod_autoindex contained files with sufficiently long names, a remote attacker could send a carefully crafted request which would cause excessive CPU usage. This could be used in a denial of service attack.Solution
Upgrade the apr packages and restart the apache2 server.For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.12-5+lenny3.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.2-6+squeeze1.
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 53900
File Name: debian_DSA-2237.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 5/16/2011
Updated: 1/4/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
Risk Factor: Medium
VPR Score: 2.2
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apr, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-0419
DSA: 2237