SUSE SLES11 Security Update : apache2-mod_jk (SUSE-SU-2018:3970-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119336

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for apache2-mod_jk fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-11759: Fixed connector path traversal due to mishandled HTTP requests in httpd (bsc#1114612).

CVE-2014-8111: Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) ignored JkUnmount rules for subtrees of previous JkMount rules, which allowed remote attackers to access otherwise restricted artifacts via unspecified vectors (bsc#927845).

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.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-apache2-mod_jk-13888=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-apache2-mod_jk-13888=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114612

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927845

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8111/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11759/

http://www.nessus.org/u?1b4e870c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119336

File Name: suse_SU-2018-3970-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2018

Updated: 7/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11759

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-mod_jk, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8111, CVE-2018-11759

BID: 74265