Debian DLA-71-1 : apache2 security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82216

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes two security issues with apache2.

CVE-2013-5704

Disable the possibility to replace HTTP headers with HTTP trailers as this could be used to circumvent earlier header operations made by other modules. This can be restored with a new MergeTrailers directive.

CVE-2014-3581

Fix denial of service where Apache can segfault when mod_cache is used and when the cached request contains an empty Content-Type header.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/10/msg00003.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/apache2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82216

File Name: debian_DLA-71.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-mpm-prefork, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-suexec-custom, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-suexec, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2.2-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-mpm-itk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-mpm-worker, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-utils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2.2-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-mpm-event, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-prefork-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-threaded-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5704, CVE-2014-3581

BID: 66550, 71656