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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities (USN-3783-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117916

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3783-1 advisory.

 Robert Swiecki discovered that the Apache HTTP Server HTTP/2 module incorrectly destroyed certain streams.
 A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1302)

 Craig Young discovered that the Apache HTTP Server HTTP/2 module incorrectly handled certain requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1333)

 Gal Goldshtein discovered that the Apache HTTP Server HTTP/2 module incorrectly handled large SETTINGS frames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-11763)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3783-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117916

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3783-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/4/2018

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1333

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-pristine, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-bin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-ssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-custom, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11763, CVE-2018-1302, CVE-2018-1333

USN: 3783-1