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RHEL 6 : mod_perl (RHSA-2018:2737)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117681

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for mod_perl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Mod_perl incorporates a Perl interpreter into the Apache web server, such that the Apache HTTP server can directly execute Perl code.

Security Fix(es) :

* mod_perl: arbitrary Perl code execution in the context of the user account via a user-owned .htaccess (CVE-2011-2767)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected mod_perl, mod_perl-debuginfo and / or mod_perl-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2737

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2767

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117681

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2737.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2018

Updated: 8/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2767

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_perl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_perl-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2767

RHSA: 2018:2737