Detections
Analytics
RHEL 3 : httpd (RHSA-2004:015)
high Nessus Plugin ID 12450
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated httpd packages that fix two minor security issues in the Apache Web server are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and freely-available Web server.
An issue in the handling of regular expressions from configuration files was discovered in releases of the Apache HTTP Server version 2.0 prior to 2.0.48. To exploit this issue an attacker would need to have the ability to write to Apache configuration files such as .htaccess or httpd.conf. A carefully-crafted configuration file can cause an exploitable buffer overflow and would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the server (in default configurations as the 'apache' user). The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0542 to this issue.
Users of the Apache HTTP Server should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain backported patches correcting these issues, and are applied to Apache version 2.0.46. This update also includes fixes for a number of minor bugs found in this version of the Apache HTTP Server.
Solution
Update the affected httpd, httpd-devel and / or mod_ssl packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0542
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 12450
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-015.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/6/2004
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2004
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2003
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2003-0542