Apache < 1.3.28 Multiple Vulnerabilities (DoS, ID)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 11793

Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote host appears to be running a version of Apache which is older than 1.3.28

There are several flaws in this version, including a denial of service in redirect handling, a denial of service with control character handling in the 'rotatelogs' utility and a file descriptor leak in third-party module handling.

*** Note that Nessus solely relied on the version number
*** of the remote server to issue this warning. This might
*** be a false positive

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.3.28

See Also

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 11793

File Name: apache_1_3_28.nasl

Version: 1.32

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 7/18/2003

Updated: 6/29/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:http_server

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Apache

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0460

BID: 8226