RHEL 6 / 7 : httpd24-httpd and httpd24-mod_auth_mellon (RHSA-2019:0746)

high Nessus Plugin ID 124098

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for httpd24-httpd / httpd24-mod_auth_mellon.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0746 advisory.

The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server. The httpd24 packages provide a recent stable release of version 2.4 of the Apache HTTP Server, along with the mod_auth_kerb module.

Security Fix(es):

* httpd: privilege escalation from modules scripts (CVE-2019-0211)

* mod_auth_mellon: authentication bypass in ECP flow (CVE-2019-3878)

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

Solution

Update the RHEL httpd24-httpd / httpd24-mod_auth_mellon packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:0746.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5c92841e

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0746

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1691126

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694980

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124098

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-0746.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/17/2019

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0211

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3878

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_md, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_auth_mellon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-manual, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_session, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0211, CVE-2019-3878

CWE: 250, 305

RHSA: 2019:0746