Detections
Analytics

Debian DSA-2237-1 : apr - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53900

Language:

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.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/apr

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2237

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53900

File Name: debian_DSA-2237.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apr, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

BID: 47820, 47929

DSA: 2237