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RHEL 6 : httpd (RHSA-2013:0512)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 64761
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0512 advisory.The httpd packages contain the Apache HTTP Server (httpd), which is the namesake project of The Apache Software Foundation.
An input sanitization flaw was found in the mod_negotiation Apache HTTP Server module. A remote attacker able to upload or create files with arbitrary names in a directory that has the MultiViews options enabled, could use this flaw to conduct cross-site scripting attacks against users visiting the site. (CVE-2008-0455, CVE-2012-2687)
It was discovered that mod_proxy_ajp, when used in configurations with mod_proxy in load balancer mode, would mark a back-end server as failed when request processing timed out, even when a previous AJP (Apache JServ Protocol) CPing request was responded to by the back-end. A remote attacker able to make a back-end use an excessive amount of time to process a request could cause mod_proxy to not send requests to back-end AJP servers for the retry timeout period or until all back-end servers were marked as failed. (CVE-2012-4557)
These updated httpd packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Technical Notes, linked to in the References, for information on the most significant of these changes.
All users of httpd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon will be restarted automatically.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=829689
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842376
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848954
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850794
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867745
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868283
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871685
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=876923
http://www.nessus.org/u?03f89d6f
http://www.nessus.org/u?da6c70c5
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0512
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757735
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757739
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805720
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 64761
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0512.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 2/21/2013
Updated: 4/15/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-0455
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2687
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2008