CentOS 7 : httpd (CESA-2020:1121)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135341

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1121 advisory.

- httpd: Out of bounds write in mod_authnz_ldap when using too small Accept-Language values (CVE-2017-15710)

- httpd: Out of bounds access after failure in reading the HTTP request (CVE-2018-1301)

- httpd: mod_session_cookie does not respect expiry time (CVE-2018-17199)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected httpd packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8029e7da

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135341

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-1121.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2020

Updated: 6/5/2020

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17199

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_proxy_html

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15710, CVE-2018-1301, CVE-2018-17199

RHSA: 2020:1121