RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 SP6 (RHSA-2021:0486)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 146434

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 SP6.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0486 advisory.

This release adds the new Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 Service Pack 6 packages that are part of the JBoss Core Services offering.

This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Core Services Pack Apache Server 2.4.37 Service Pack 5 and includes bug fixes and enhancements. Refer to the Release Notes for information on the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

Security fix(es):

* openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference (CVE-2020-1971)

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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 SP6 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:0486.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5b4f39c4

http://www.nessus.org/u?ca4e252e

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0486

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1903409

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 146434

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0486.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/11/2021

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: Medium

Score: 5.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1971

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-httpd-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_md, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-httpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-brotli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-openssl-chil, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-ap24, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-brotli-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_security, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_session

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1971

CWE: 476

IAVA: 2020-A-0566-S, 2021-A-0038-S, 2021-A-0193-S, 2021-A-0196, 2021-A-0328

RHSA: 2021:0486