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RHEL 3 : httpd (RHSA-2004:349)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14624

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated httpd packages that include a security fix for mod_ssl and various enhancements are now available.

The Apache HTTP server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and freely-available Web server.

An input filter bug in mod_ssl was discovered in Apache httpd version 2.0.50 and earlier. A remote attacker could force an SSL connection to be aborted in a particular state and cause an Apache child process to enter an infinite loop, consuming CPU resources. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0748 to this issue.

Additionally, this update includes the following enhancements and bug fixes :

 - included an improved version of the mod_cgi module that correctly handles concurrent output on stderr and stdout

 - included support for direct lookup of SSL variables using %{SSL:...} from mod_rewrite, or using %{...}s from mod_headers

 - restored support for use of SHA1-encoded passwords

 - added the mod_ext_filter module

Users of the Apache HTTP server should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that address these issues.

Solution

Update the affected httpd, httpd-devel and / or mod_ssl packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0748

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:349

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14624

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-349.nasl

Version: 1.30

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/1/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0748, CVE-2004-0751

RHSA: 2004:349