The cache_merge_headers_out function in modules/cache/cache_util.c in the mod_cache module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty HTTP Content-Type header.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1972 advisory.

    - Remove mod_proxy_fcgi fix for heap-based buffer overflow,       httpd-2.4.6 is not affected (CVE-2014-3583)
    - core: fix bypassing of mod_headers rules via chunked requests (CVE-2013-5704)
    - mod_cache: fix NULL pointer dereference on empty Content-Type (CVE-2014-3581)
    - mod_proxy_fcgi: fix heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2014-3583)
    - mod_cgid: add security fix for CVE-2014-0231
    - mod_proxy: add security fix for CVE-2014-0117
    - mod_deflate: add security fix for CVE-2014-0118
    - mod_status: add security fix for CVE-2014-0226

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

According to the versions of the httpd packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The log_cookie function in mod_log_config.c in the     mod_log_config module in the Apache HTTP Server before     2.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (segmentation fault and daemon crash) via a     crafted cookie that is not properly handled during     truncation.(CVE-2014-0098)

  - A race condition flaw, leading to heap-based buffer     overflows, was found in the mod_status httpd module. A     remote attacker able to access a status page served by     mod_status on a server using a threaded     Multi-Processing Module (MPM) could send a specially     crafted request that would cause the httpd child     process to crash or, possibly, allow the attacker to     execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the     'apache' user.(CVE-2014-0226)

  - It was discovered that the HTTP parser in httpd     incorrectly allowed certain characters not permitted by     the HTTP protocol specification to appear unencoded in     HTTP request headers. If httpd was used in conjunction     with a proxy or backend server that interpreted those     characters differently, a remote attacker could     possibly use this flaw to inject data into HTTP     responses, resulting in proxy cache     poisoning.(CVE-2016-8743)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way     the mod_cache httpd module handled Content-Type     headers. A malicious HTTP server could cause the httpd     child process to crash when the Apache HTTP server was     configured to proxy to a server with caching     enabled.(CVE-2014-3581)

  - Multiple flaws were found in the way httpd parsed HTTP     requests and responses using chunked transfer encoding.
    A remote attacker could use these flaws to create a     specially crafted request, which httpd would decode     differently from an HTTP proxy software in front of it,     possibly leading to HTTP request smuggling     attacks.(CVE-2015-3183)

  - In Apache httpd 2.0.23 to 2.0.65, 2.2.0 to 2.2.34, and     2.4.0 to 2.4.29, mod_authnz_ldap, if configured with     AuthLDAPCharsetConfig, uses the Accept-Language header     value to lookup the right charset encoding when     verifying the user's credentials. If the header value     is not present in the charset conversion table, a     fallback mechanism is used to truncate it to a two     characters value to allow a quick retry (for example,     'en-US' is truncated to 'en'). A header value of less     than two characters forces an out of bound write of one     NUL byte to a memory location that is not part of the     string. In the worst case, quite unlikely, the process     would crash which could be used as a Denial of Service     attack. In the more likely case, this memory is already     reserved for future use and the issue has no effect at     all.(CVE-2017-15710)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the     httpd's mod_ssl module. A remote attacker could use     this flaw to cause an httpd child process to crash if     another module used by httpd called a certain API     function during the processing of an HTTPS     request.(CVE-2017-3169)

  - It was discovered that httpd used the value of the     Proxy header from HTTP requests to initialize the     HTTP_PROXY environment variable for CGI scripts, which     in turn was incorrectly used by certain HTTP client     implementations to configure the proxy for outgoing     HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use     this flaw to redirect HTTP requests performed by a CGI     script to an attacker-controlled proxy via a malicious     HTTP request.(CVE-2016-5387)

  - A buffer over-read flaw was found in the httpd's     mod_mime module. A user permitted to modify httpd's     MIME configuration could use this flaw to cause httpd     child process to crash.(CVE-2017-7679)

  - A specially crafted HTTP request header could have     crashed the Apache HTTP Server prior to version 2.4.30     due to an out of bound read while preparing data to be     cached in shared memory. It could be used as a Denial     of Service attack against users of mod_cache_socache.
    The vulnerability is considered as low risk since     mod_cache_socache is not widely used, mod_cache_disk is     not concerned by this vulnerability.(CVE-2018-1303)

  - It was discovered that the httpd's mod_auth_digest     module did not properly initialize memory before using     it when processing certain headers related to digest     authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use     this flaw to disclose potentially sensitive information     or cause httpd child process to crash by sending     specially crafted requests to a server.(CVE-2017-9788)

  - A flaw was found in the way httpd handled HTTP Trailer     headers when processing requests using chunked     encoding. A malicious client could use Trailer headers     to set additional HTTP headers after header processing     was performed by other modules. This could, for     example, lead to a bypass of header restrictions     defined with mod_headers.(CVE-2013-5704)

  - A buffer over-read flaw was found in the httpd's     ap_find_token() function. A remote attacker could use     this flaw to cause httpd child process to crash via a     specially crafted HTTP request.(CVE-2017-7668)

  - A race condition was found in mod_auth_digest when the     web server was running in a threaded MPM configuration.
    It could allow a user with valid credentials to     authenticate using another username, bypassing     configured access control restrictions.(CVE-2019-0217)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the     mod_cache httpd module. A malicious HTTP server could     cause the httpd child process to crash when the Apache     HTTP Server was used as a forward proxy with caching.
    (CVE-2013-4352)

  - he dav_xml_get_cdata function in main/util.c in the     mod_dav module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.8     does not properly remove whitespace characters from     CDATA sections, which allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DAV     WRITE request. (CVE-2013-6438)

  - A denial of service flaw was found in the mod_proxy     httpd module. A remote attacker could send a specially     crafted request to a server configured as a reverse     proxy using a threaded Multi-Processing Modules (MPM)     that would cause the httpd child process to crash.
    (CVE-2014-0117)

  - A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's     mod_deflate module handled request body decompression     (configured via the 'DEFLATE' input filter). A remote     attacker able to send a request whose body would be     decompressed could use this flaw to consume an     excessive amount of system memory and CPU on the target     system.(CVE-2014-0118)

  - A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's     mod_cgid module executed CGI scripts that did not read     data from the standard input. A remote attacker could     submit a specially crafted request that would cause the     httpd child process to hang     indefinitely.(CVE-2014-0231)

  - It was discovered that in httpd 2.4, the internal API     function ap_some_auth_required() could incorrectly     indicate that a request was authenticated even when no     authentication was used. An httpd module using this API     function could consequently allow access that should     have been denied. (CVE-2015-3185)

  - It was discovered that the mod_session_crypto module of     httpd did not use any mechanisms to verify integrity of     the encrypted session data stored in the user's     browser. A remote attacker could use this flaw to     decrypt and modify session data using a padding oracle     attack. (CVE-2016-0736)

  - It was discovered that the mod_auth_digest module of     httpd did not properly check for memory allocation     failures. A remote attacker could use this flaw to     cause httpd child processes to repeatedly crash if the     server used HTTP digest authentication.(CVE-2016-2161)

  - It was discovered that the use of httpd's     ap_get_basic_auth_pw() API function outside of the     authentication phase could lead to authentication     bypass. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw     to bypass required authentication if the API was used     incorrectly by one of the modules used by     httpd.(CVE-2017-3167)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way httpd     handled invalid and previously unregistered HTTP     methods specified in the Limit directive used in an     .htaccess file. A remote attacker could possibly use     this flaw to disclose portions of the server memory, or     cause httpd child process to crash. (CVE-2017-9798)

  - In Apache httpd 2.2.0 to 2.4.29, when generating an     HTTP Digest authentication challenge, the nonce sent to     prevent reply attacks was not correctly generated using     a pseudo-random seed. In a cluster of servers using a     common Digest authentication configuration, HTTP     requests could be replayed across servers by an     attacker without detection. (CVE-2018-1312)

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

According to its banner, the version of Apache 2.4.x running on the remote host is prior to 2.4.12. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - A flaw exists in module mod_headers that can allow HTTP trailers to replace HTTP headers late during request processing, which a remote attacker can exploit to inject arbitrary headers. This can also cause some modules to function incorrectly or appear to function incorrectly. (CVE-2013-5704)

 - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in module mod_cache. A remote attacker, using an empty HTTP Content-Type header, can exploit this vulnerability to crash a caching forward proxy configuration, resulting in a denial of service if using a threaded MPM. (CVE-2014-3581)

 - A out-of-bounds memory read flaw exists in module mod_proxy_fcgi. An attacker, using a remote FastCGI server to send long response headers, can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service by causing a buffer over-read. (CVE-2014-3583)

 - A flaw exists in module mod_lua when handling a LuaAuthzProvider used in multiple Require directives with different arguments. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass intended access restrictions. (CVE-2014-8109)

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201610-02 (Apache: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache HTTP Server.
      Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Remote attackers could bypass intended access restrictions, conduct HTTP       request smuggling attacks, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Updated Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0.2 packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a fully integrated and certified set of components for hosting Java web applications. It is comprised of the Apache HTTP Server, the Apache Tomcat Servlet container, Apache Tomcat Connector (mod_jk), JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), Hibernate, and the Tomcat Native library.

It was found that Tomcat would keep connections open after processing requests with a large enough request body. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to exhaust the pool of available connections and prevent further, legitimate connections to the Tomcat server.
(CVE-2014-0230)

A flaw was found in the way httpd handled HTTP Trailer headers when processing requests using chunked encoding. A malicious client could use Trailer headers to set additional HTTP headers after header processing was performed by other modules. This could, for example, lead to a bypass of header restrictions defined with mod_headers.
(CVE-2013-5704)

Multiple flaws were found in the way httpd parsed HTTP requests and responses using chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted request, which httpd would decode differently from an HTTP proxy software in front of it, possibly leading to HTTP request smuggling attacks. (CVE-2015-3183)

* This enhancement update adds the Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0.2 packages to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. These packages provide a number of enhancements over the previous version of Red Hat JBoss Web Server. (JIRA#JWS-229)

Users of Red Hat JBoss Web Server are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

Updated Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0.2 packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a fully integrated and certified set of components for hosting Java web applications. It is comprised of the Apache HTTP Server, the Apache Tomcat Servlet container, Apache Tomcat Connector (mod_jk), JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), Hibernate, and the Tomcat Native library.

It was found that Tomcat would keep connections open after processing requests with a large enough request body. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to exhaust the pool of available connections and prevent further, legitimate connections to the Tomcat server.
(CVE-2014-0230)

A flaw was found in the way httpd handled HTTP Trailer headers when processing requests using chunked encoding. A malicious client could use Trailer headers to set additional HTTP headers after header processing was performed by other modules. This could, for example, lead to a bypass of header restrictions defined with mod_headers.
(CVE-2013-5704)

Multiple flaws were found in the way httpd parsed HTTP requests and responses using chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted request, which httpd would decode differently from an HTTP proxy software in front of it, possibly leading to HTTP request smuggling attacks. (CVE-2015-3183)

* This enhancement update adds the Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0.2 packages to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. These packages provide a number of enhancements over the previous version of Red Hat JBoss Web Server. (JIRA#JWS-228)

Users of Red Hat JBoss Web Server are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.10.x that is prior to version 10.10.5. The installed version is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

 - apache (CVE-2014-3581, CVE-2014-3583, CVE-2014-8109, CVE-2015-0228, CVE-2015-0253, CVE-2015-3183, CVE-2015-3185)
 - apache_mod_php (CVE-2015-2783, CVE-2015-2787, CVE-2015-3307, CVE-2015-3329, CVE-2015-3330, CVE-2015-4021, CVE-2015-4022, CVE-2015-4024, CVE-2015-4025, CVE-2015-4026, CVE-2015-4147, CVE-2015-4148)
 - Apple ID OD Plug-in (CVE-2015-3799)
 - AppleGraphicsControl (CVE-2015-5768)
 - Bluetooth (CVE-2015-3777, CVE-2015-3779, CVE-2015-3780, CVE-2015-3786, CVE-2015-3787)
 - bootp (CVE-2015-3778)
 - CloudKit (CVE-2015-3782)
 - CoreMedia Playback (CVE-2015-5777, CVE-2015-5778)
 - CoreText (CVE-2015-5761, CVE-2015-5755)
 - curl (CVE-2014-3613, CVE-2014-3620, CVE-2014-3707, CVE-2014-8150, CVE-2014-8151, CVE-2015-3143, CVE-2015-3144, CVE-2015-3145, CVE-2015-3148, CVE-2015-3153)
 - Data Detectors Engine (CVE-2015-5750)
 - Date & Time pref pane (CVE-2015-3757)
 - Dictionary Application (CVE-2015-3774)
 - DiskImages (CVE-2015-3800)
 - dyld (CVE-2015-3760)
 - FontParser (CVE-2015-3804, CVE-2015-5775, CVE-2015-5756)
 - groff (CVE-2009-5044, CVE-2009-5078)
 - ImageIO (CVE-2015-5758, CVE-2015-5781, CVE-2015-5782)
 - Install Framework Legacy (CVE-2015-5784, CVE-2015-5754)
 - IOFireWireFamily (CVE-2015-3769, CVE-2015-3771, CVE-2015-3772)
 - IOGraphics (CVE-2015-3770, CVE-2015-5783)
 - IOHIDFamily (CVE-2015-5774)
 - Kernel (CVE-2015-3766, CVE-2015-3768, CVE-2015-5747, CVE-2015-5748, CVE-2015-3806, CVE-2015-3803, CVE-2015-3802, CVE-2015-3805, CVE-2015-3776, CVE-2015-3761)
 - Libc (CVE-2015-3796, CVE-2015-3797, CVE-2015-3798)
 - Libinfo (CVE-2015-5776)
 - libpthread (CVE-2015-5757)
 - libxml2 (CVE-2014-0191, CVE-2014-3660, CVE-2015-3807)
 - libxpc (CVE-2015-3795)
 - mail_cmds (CVE-2014-7844)
 - Notification Center OSX (CVE-2015-3764)
 - ntfs (CVE-2015-5763)
 - OpenSSH (CVE-2015-5600)
 - OpenSSL (CVE-2015-1788, CVE-2015-1789, CVE-2015-1790, CVE-2015-1791, CVE-2015-1792)
 - perl (CVE-2013-7422)
 - PostgreSQL (CVE-2014-0067, CVE-2014-8161, CVE-2015-0241, CVE-2015-0242, CVE-2015-0243, CVE-2015-0244)
 - python (CVE-2013-7040, CVE-2013-7338, CVE-2014-1912, CVE-2014-7185, CVE-2014-9365)
 - QL Office (CVE-2015-5773, CVE-2015-3784)
 - Quartz Composer Framework (CVE-2015-5771)
 - Quick Look (CVE-2015-3781)
 - QuickTime 7 (CVE-2015-3779, CVE-2015-5753, CVE-2015-5779, CVE-2015-3765, CVE-2015-3788, CVE-2015-3789, CVE-2015-3790, CVE-2015-3791, CVE-2015-3792, CVE-2015-5751)
 - SceneKit (CVE-2015-5772, CVE-2015-3783)
 - Security (CVE-2015-3775)
 - SMBClient (CVE-2015-3773)
 - Speech UI (CVE-2015-3794)
 - sudo (CVE-2013-1775, CVE-2013-1776, CVE-2013-2776, CVE-2013-2777, CVE-2014-0106, CVE-2014-9680)
 - tcpdump (CVE-2014-8767, CVE-2014-8769, CVE-2014-9140)
 - Text Formats (CVE-2015-3762)
 - udf (CVE-2015-3767)

 Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.

The remote Mac OS X host has a version of OS X Server installed that is prior to 5.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw exists in the mod_headers module that allows HTTP     trailers to replace HTTP headers late during request     processing. A remote attacker can exploit this to inject     arbitrary headers. This can also cause some modules to     function incorrectly or appear to function incorrectly.
    (CVE-2013-5704)

  - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists due to the     'make check' command not properly invoking initdb to     specify authentication requirements for a database     cluster to be used for tests. A local attacker can     exploit this issue to gain temporary server access and     elevated privileges. (CVE-2014-0067)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in module     mod_cache. A remote attacker, using an empty HTTP     Content-Type header, can exploit this vulnerability to     crash a caching forward proxy configuration, resulting     in a denial of service if using a threaded MPM.
    (CVE-2014-3581)

  - A out-of-bounds memory read flaw exists in module     mod_proxy_fcgi. An attacker, using a remote FastCGI     server to send long response headers, can exploit this     vulnerability to cause a denial of service by causing     a buffer over-read. (CVE-2014-3583)

  - A flaw exists in module mod_lua when handling a     LuaAuthzProvider used in multiple Require directives     with different arguments. An attacker can exploit this     vulnerability to bypass intended access restrictions.
    (CVE-2014-8109)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to     improper handling of restricted column values in     constraint-violation error messages. An authenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this to gain access to     sensitive information. (CVE-2014-8161)

  - A flaw exists within the Domain Name Service due to an     error in the code used to follow delegations. A remote     attacker, with a maliciously-constructed zone or query,     can cause the service to issue unlimited queries,     resulting in resource exhaustion. (CVE-2014-8500)

  - A flaw exists in the lua_websocket_read() function in     the 'mod_lua' module due to incorrect handling of     WebSocket PING frames. A remote attacker can exploit     this, by sending a crafted WebSocket PING frame after a     Lua script has called the wsupgrade() function, to crash     a child process, resulting in a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2015-0228)

  - Multiple vulnerabilities exist due to several buffer     overflow errors related to the 'to_char' functions. An     authenticated, remote attacker can exploit these issues     to cause a denial of service or arbitrary code     execution. (CVE-2015-0241)

  - Multiple vulnerabilities exist due to several     stack-based buffer overflow errors in various *printf()     functions. The overflows are due to improper validation     of user-supplied input when formatting a floating point     number where the requested precision is greater than     approximately 500. An authenticated, remote attacker     can exploit these issues to cause a denial of service or     arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-0242)

  - Multiple vulnerabilities exist due to an overflow     condition in multiple functions in the 'pgcrypto'     extension. The overflows are due to improper validation     of user-supplied input when tracking memory sizes. An     authenticated, remote attacker can exploit these issues     to cause a denial of service or arbitrary code     execution. (CVE-2015-0243)

  - A SQL injection vulnerability exists due to improper     sanitization of user-supplied input when handling     crafted binary data within a command parameter. An     authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue     to inject or manipulate SQL queries, allowing the     manipulation or disclosure of arbitrary data.
    (CVE-2015-0244)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the     read_request_line() function due to a failure to     initialize the protocol structure member. A remote     attacker can exploit this flaw, on installations that     enable the INCLUDES filter and has an ErrorDocument 400     directive specifying a local URI, by sending a request     that lacks a method, to cause a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2015-0253)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to an error     relating to DNSSEC validation and the managed-keys     feature. A remote attacker can trigger an incorrect     trust-anchor management scenario in which no key is     ready for use, resulting in an assertion failure and     daemon crash. (CVE-2015-1349)

  - A flaw exists in PostgreSQL client disconnect timeout     expiration that is triggered when a timeout interrupt     is fired partway through the session shutdown sequence.     (CVE-2015-3165)

  - A flaw exists in the printf() functions due to a failure     to check for errors. A remote attacker can use this to     gain access to sensitive information. (CVE-2015-3166)

  - The pgcrypto component in PostgreSQL has multiple error     messages for decryption with an incorrect key. A remote     attacker can use this to recover keys from other     systems. (CVE-2015-3167)

  - A flaw exists in the chunked transfer coding     implementation due to a failure to properly parse chunk     headers. A remote attacker can exploit this to conduct     HTTP request smuggling attacks. (CVE-2015-3183)

  - A flaw exists in the ap_some_auth_required() function     due to a failure to consider that a Require directive     may be associated with an authorization setting rather     than an authentication setting. A remote attacker can     exploit this, if a module that relies on the 2.2 API     behavior exists, to bypass intended access restrictions.
    (CVE-2015-3185)

  - Multiple unspecified XML flaws exist in the Wiki Server     based on Twisted. (CVE-2015-5911)

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.8.5 or 10.9.5 that is missing Security Update 2015-006. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - apache
  - apache_mod_php
  - CoreText
  - FontParser
  - Libinfo
  - libxml2
  - OpenSSL
  - perl
  - PostgreSQL
  - QL Office
  - Quartz Composer Framework
  - QuickTime 7
  - SceneKit

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.10.x that is prior to 10.10.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - apache
  - apache_mod_php
  - Apple ID OD Plug-in
  - AppleGraphicsControl
  - Bluetooth
  - bootp
  - CloudKit
  - CoreMedia Playback
  - CoreText
  - curl
  - Data Detectors Engine
  - Date & Time pref pane
  - Dictionary Application
  - DiskImages
  - dyld
  - FontParser
  - groff
  - ImageIO
  - Install Framework Legacy
  - IOFireWireFamily
  - IOGraphics
  - IOHIDFamily
  - Kernel
  - Libc
  - Libinfo
  - libpthread
  - libxml2
  - libxpc
  - mail_cmds
  - Notification Center OSX
  - ntfs
  - OpenSSH
  - OpenSSL
  - perl
  - PostgreSQL
  - python
  - QL Office
  - Quartz Composer Framework
  - Quick Look
  - QuickTime 7
  - SceneKit
  - Security
  - SMBClient
  - Speech UI
  - sudo
  - tcpdump
  - Text Formats
  - udf 

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.

Apache2 updated to fix four security issues and one non-security bug.

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

  - mod_headers rules could be bypassed via chunked     requests. Adds 'MergeTrailers' directive to restore     legacy behavior. (bsc#871310, CVE-2013-5704)

  - An empty value in Content-Type could lead to a crash     through a null pointer dereference and a denial of     service. (bsc#899836, CVE-2014-3581)

  - Remote attackers could bypass intended access     restrictions in mod_lua LuaAuthzProvider when multiple     Require directives with different arguments are used.
    (bsc#909715, CVE-2014-8109)

  - Remote attackers could cause a denial of service     (child-process crash) by sending a crafted WebSocket     Ping frame after a Lua script has called the wsupgrade     function. (bsc#918352, CVE-2015-0228)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues.

The Apache2 webserver was updated to fix various issues.

The following feature was added :

  - Provide support for the tunneling of web socket     connections to a backend websockets server.
    (FATE#316880) The following security issues have been     fixed :

  - The mod_headers module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.22     allowed remote attackers to bypass 'RequestHeader unset'     directives by placing a header in the trailer portion of     data sent with chunked transfer coding. The fix also     adds a 'MergeTrailers' directive to restore legacy     behavior. (CVE-2013-5704)

  - The cache_merge_headers_out function in     modules/cache/cache_util.c in the mod_cache module in     the Apache HTTP Server allowed remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash) via an empty HTTP Content-Type     header. (CVE-2014-3581)

  - Apache HTTP Server allowed remote attackers to obtain     sensitive information via (1) the ETag header, which     reveals the inode number, or (2) multipart MIME     boundary, which reveals child process IDs (PID). We so     far assumed that this not useful to attackers, the fix     is basically just reducing potential information leaks.
    (CVE-2003-1418)

The following bugs have been fixed :

  - Treat the 'server unavailable' condition as a transient     error with all LDAP SDKs. (bsc#904427)

  - Fixed a segmentation fault at startup if the certs are     shared across > 1 server_rec. (bsc#907339)

Updated apache packages fix security vulnerabilities :

Apache HTTPD before 2.4.9 was vulnerable to a denial of service in mod_dav when handling DAV_WRITE requests (CVE-2013-6438).

Apache HTTPD before 2.4.9 was vulnerable to a denial of service when logging cookies (CVE-2014-0098).

A race condition flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, was found in the mod_status httpd module. A remote attacker able to access a status page served by mod_status on a server using a threaded Multi-Processing Module (MPM) could send a specially crafted request that would cause the httpd child process to crash or, possibly, allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the apache user (CVE-2014-0226).

A denial of service flaw was found in the mod_proxy httpd module. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to a server configured as a reverse proxy using a threaded Multi-Processing Modules (MPM) that would cause the httpd child process to crash (CVE-2014-0117).

A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's mod_deflate module handled request body decompression (configured via the DEFLATE input filter). A remote attacker able to send a request whose body would be decompressed could use this flaw to consume an excessive amount of system memory and CPU on the target system (CVE-2014-0118).

A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's mod_cgid module executed CGI scripts that did not read data from the standard input. A remote attacker could submit a specially crafted request that would cause the httpd child process to hang indefinitely (CVE-2014-0231).

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the mod_cache httpd module handled Content-Type headers. A malicious HTTP server could cause the httpd child process to crash when the Apache HTTP server was configured to proxy to a server with caching enabled (CVE-2014-3581).

mod_lua.c in the mod_lua module in the Apache HTTP Server through 2.4.10 does not support an httpd configuration in which the same Lua authorization provider is used with different arguments within different contexts, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging multiple Require directives, as demonstrated by a configuration that specifies authorization for one group to access a certain directory, and authorization for a second group to access a second directory (CVE-2014-8109).

In the mod_lua module in the Apache HTTP Server through 2.4.10, a maliciously crafted websockets PING after a script calls r:wsupgrade() can cause a child process crash (CVE-2015-0228).

A flaw was found in the way httpd handled HTTP Trailer headers when processing requests using chunked encoding. A malicious client could use Trailer headers to set additional HTTP headers after header processing was performed by other modules. This could, for example, lead to a bypass of header restrictions defined with mod_headers (CVE-2013-5704).

Note: With this update, httpd has been modified to not merge HTTP Trailer headers with other HTTP request headers. A newly introduced configuration directive MergeTrailers can be used to re-enable the old method of processing Trailer headers, which also re-introduces the aforementioned flaw.

This update also fixes the following bug :

Prior to this update, the mod_proxy_wstunnel module failed to set up an SSL connection when configured to use a back end server using the wss: URL scheme, causing proxied connections to fail. In these updated packages, SSL is used when proxying to wss: back end servers (rhbz#1141950).

A flaw was found in the way httpd handled HTTP Trailer headers when processing requests using chunked encoding. A malicious client could use Trailer headers to set additional HTTP headers after header processing was performed by other modules. This could, for example, lead to a bypass of header restrictions defined with mod_headers.
(CVE-2013-5704)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the mod_cache httpd module handled Content-Type headers. A malicious HTTP server could cause the httpd child process to crash when the Apache HTTP server was configured to proxy to a server with caching enabled.
(CVE-2014-3581)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

  - Previously, the mod_proxy_fcgi Apache module always kept     the back-end connections open even when they should have     been closed. As a consequence, the number of open file     descriptors was increasing over the time. With this     update, mod_proxy_fcgi has been fixed to check the state     of the back- end connections, and it closes the idle     back-end connections as expected.

  - An integer overflow occurred in the ab utility when a     large request count was used. Consequently, ab     terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault while     printing statistics after the benchmark. This bug has     been fixed, and ab no longer crashes in this scenario.

  - Previously, when httpd was running in the foreground and     the user pressed Ctrl+C to interrupt the httpd     processes, a race condition in signal handling occurred.
    The SIGINT signal was sent to all children followed by     SIGTERM from the main process, which interrupted the     SIGINT handler. Consequently, the affected processes     became unresponsive or terminated unexpectedly. With     this update, the SIGINT signals in the child processes     are ignored, and httpd no longer hangs or crashes in     this scenario.

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements :

  - With this update, the mod_proxy module of the Apache     HTTP Server supports the Unix Domain Sockets (UDS). This     allows mod_proxy back ends to listen on UDS sockets     instead of TCP sockets, and as a result, mod_proxy can     be used to connect UDS back ends.

  - This update adds support for using the SetHandler     directive together with the mod_proxy module. As a     result, it is possible to configure SetHandler to use     proxy for incoming requests, for example, in the     following format: SetHandler     'proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000'.

  - The htaccess API changes introduced in httpd 2.4.7 have     been backported to httpd shipped with Scientific Linux     7.1. These changes allow for the MPM-ITK module to be     compiled as an httpd module.

After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon will be restarted automatically.

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.

Updated httpd packages that fix two security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.

A flaw was found in the way httpd handled HTTP Trailer headers when processing requests using chunked encoding. A malicious client could use Trailer headers to set additional HTTP headers after header processing was performed by other modules. This could, for example, lead to a bypass of header restrictions defined with mod_headers.
(CVE-2013-5704)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the mod_cache httpd module handled Content-Type headers. A malicious HTTP server could cause the httpd child process to crash when the Apache HTTP server was configured to proxy to a server with caching enabled.
(CVE-2014-3581)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

* Previously, the mod_proxy_fcgi Apache module always kept the back-end connections open even when they should have been closed. As a consequence, the number of open file descriptors was increasing over the time. With this update, mod_proxy_fcgi has been fixed to check the state of the back-end connections, and it closes the idle back-end connections as expected. (BZ#1168050)

* An integer overflow occurred in the ab utility when a large request count was used. Consequently, ab terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault while printing statistics after the benchmark. This bug has been fixed, and ab no longer crashes in this scenario.
(BZ#1092420)

* Previously, when httpd was running in the foreground and the user pressed Ctrl+C to interrupt the httpd processes, a race condition in signal handling occurred. The SIGINT signal was sent to all children followed by SIGTERM from the main process, which interrupted the SIGINT handler. Consequently, the affected processes became unresponsive or terminated unexpectedly. With this update, the SIGINT signals in the child processes are ignored, and httpd no longer hangs or crashes in this scenario. (BZ#1131006)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements :

* With this update, the mod_proxy module of the Apache HTTP Server supports the Unix Domain Sockets (UDS). This allows mod_proxy back ends to listen on UDS sockets instead of TCP sockets, and as a result, mod_proxy can be used to connect UDS back ends. (BZ#1168081)

* This update adds support for using the SetHandler directive together with the mod_proxy module. As a result, it is possible to configure SetHandler to use proxy for incoming requests, for example, in the following format: SetHandler 'proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000'.
(BZ#1136290)

* The htaccess API changes introduced in httpd 2.4.7 have been backported to httpd shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1. These changes allow for the MPM-ITK module to be compiled as an httpd module. (BZ#1059143)

All httpd users 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.

- core: fix bypassing of mod_headers rules via chunked     requests (CVE-2013-5704)

    - mod_cache: fix NULL pointer dereference on empty       Content-Type (CVE-2014-3581)

    - mod_proxy_fcgi: fix a potential crash with long       headers (CVE-2014-3583)

    - mod_lua: fix handling of the Require line when a       LuaAuthzProvider is used in multiple Require       directives with different arguments (CVE-2014-8109)

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

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0325 advisory.

    - core: fix bypassing of mod_headers rules via chunked requests (CVE-2013-5704)
    - mod_cache: fix NULL pointer dereference on empty Content-Type (CVE-2014-3581)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2523-1 advisory.

    Martin Holst Swende discovered that the mod_headers module allowed HTTP trailers to replace HTTP headers     during request processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass RequestHeaders     directives. (CVE-2013-5704)

    Mark Montague discovered that the mod_cache module incorrectly handled empty HTTP Content-Type headers. A     remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to stop responding, leading to a denial of     service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-3581)

    Teguh P. Alko discovered that the mod_proxy_fcgi module incorrectly handled long response headers. A     remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to stop responding, leading to a denial of     service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-3583)

    It was discovered that the mod_lua module incorrectly handled different arguments within different     contexts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended access restrictions. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-8109)

    Guido Vranken discovered that the mod_lua module incorrectly handled a specially crafted websocket PING in     certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to stop     responding, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-0228)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Apache HTTP Server 2.4 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.12.  It is, therefore, affected by a NULL pointer dereference flaw in module 'mod_cache'.  A remote attacker, using an empty HTTP Content-Type header, can exploit this vulnerability to crash a caching forward proxy configuration, resulting in a denial of service if using a threaded MPM.

mod_lua.c in the mod_lua module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.3.x and 2.4.x through 2.4.10 does not support an httpd configuration in which the same Lua authorization provider is used with different arguments within different contexts, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging multiple Require directives, as demonstrated by a configuration that specifies authorization for one group to access a certain directory, and authorization for a second group to access a second directory. (CVE-2014-8109)

A flaw was found in the way httpd handled HTTP Trailer headers when processing requests using chunked encoding. A malicious client could use Trailer headers to set additional HTTP headers after header processing was performed by other modules. This could, for example, lead to a bypass of header restrictions defined with mod_headers.
(CVE-2013-5704)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the mod_cache httpd module handled Content-Type headers. A malicious HTTP server could cause the httpd child process to crash when the Apache HTTP server was configured to proxy to a server with caching enabled.
(CVE-2014-3581)

The handle_headers function in mod_proxy_fcgi.c in the mod_proxy_fcgi module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.10 allows remote FastCGI servers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and daemon crash) via long response headers. (CVE-2014-3583)

According to its banner, the version of Apache 2.4.x running on the remote host is prior to 2.4.12. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw exists in module mod_headers that can allow HTTP     trailers to replace HTTP headers late during request     processing, which a remote attacker can exploit to     inject arbitrary headers. This can also cause some     modules to function incorrectly or appear to function     incorrectly. (CVE-2013-5704)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in module     mod_cache. A remote attacker, using an empty HTTP     Content-Type header, can exploit this vulnerability to     crash a caching forward proxy configuration, resulting     in a denial of service if using a threaded MPM.
    (CVE-2014-3581)

  - A out-of-bounds memory read flaw exists in module     mod_proxy_fcgi. An attacker, using a remote FastCGI     server to send long response headers, can exploit this     vulnerability to cause a denial of service by causing     a buffer over-read. (CVE-2014-3583)

  - A flaw exists in module mod_lua when handling a     LuaAuthzProvider used in multiple Require directives     with different arguments. An attacker can exploit this     vulnerability to bypass intended access restrictions.
    (CVE-2014-8109)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Apache HTTP SERVER PROJECT reports : mod_proxy_fcgi: Fix a potential crash due to buffer over-read, with response headers' size above 8K.

mod_cache: Avoid a crash when Content-Type has an empty value. PR 56924.

mod_lua: Fix handling of the Require line when a LuaAuthzProvider is used in multiple Require directives with different arguments. PR57204.

core: HTTP trailers could be used to replace HTTP headers late during request processing, potentially undoing or otherwise confusing modules that examined or modified request headers earlier. Adds 'MergeTrailers' directive to restore legacy behavior.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
181022	Oracle Linux 6 : httpd24-httpd (ELSA-2014-1972)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
124922	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : httpd (EulerOS-SA-2019-1419)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
98907	Apache 2.4.x < 2.4.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	high
93903	GLSA-201610-02 : Apache: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
87458	RHEL 7 : JBoss Web Server (RHSA-2015:2660)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
87457	RHEL 6 : JBoss Web Server (RHSA-2015:2659)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
8981	Mac OS X < 10.10.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Operating System Detection	high
86066	Mac OS X : OS X Server < 5.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
85409	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2015-006)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
85408	Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
83945	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : apache2 (SUSE-SU-2015:0974-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
82916	Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / current : httpd (SSA:2015-111-03)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	medium
82657	SuSE 11.3 Security Update : apache2 (SAT Patch Number 10533)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
82346	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : apache (MDVSA-2015:093)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium
82252	Scientific Linux Security Update : httpd on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
82216	Debian DLA-71-1 : apache2 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
81888	CentOS 7 : httpd (CESA-2015:0325)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
81837	Fedora 21 : httpd-2.4.10-15.fc21 (2014-17195)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
81802	Oracle Linux 7 : httpd (ELSA-2015-0325)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
81755	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities (USN-2523-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
81629	RHEL 7 : httpd (RHSA-2015:0325)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
81581	Fedora 20 : httpd-2.4.10-2.fc20 (2014-17153)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
8937	Apache HTTP Server 2.4 < 2.4.12 DoS	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Servers	medium
81329	Amazon Linux AMI : httpd24 (ALAS-2015-483)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
81126	Apache 2.4.x < 2.4.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Web Servers	medium
81116	FreeBSD : apache24 -- several vulnerabilities (5804b9d4-a959-11e4-9363-20cf30e32f6d)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium

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