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Debian DSA-195-1 : apache-perl - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 15032
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
According to David Wagner, iDEFENSE and the Apache HTTP Server Project, several vulnerabilities have been found in the Apache server package, a commonly used webserver. Most of the code is shared between the Apache and Apache-Perl packages, so vulnerabilities are shared as well.These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to enact a denial of service against a server or execute a cross site scripting attack, or steal cookies from other website users. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project identified the following vulnerabilities :
- CAN-2002-0839: A vulnerability exists on platforms using System V shared memory based scoreboards. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute code under the Apache UID to exploit the Apache shared memory scoreboard format and send a signal to any process as root or cause a local denial of service attack.
- CAN-2002-0840: Apache is susceptible to a cross site scripting vulnerability in the default 404 page of any web server hosted on a domain that allows wildcard DNS lookups.
- CAN-2002-0843: There were some possible overflows in the utility ApacheBench (ab) which could be exploited by a malicious server. No such binary programs are distributed by the Apache-Perl package, though.
- CAN-2002-1233: A race condition in the htpasswd and htdigest program enables a malicious local user to read or even modify the contents of a password file or easily create and overwrite files as the user running the htpasswd (or htdigest respectively) program. No such binary programs are distributed by the Apache-Perl package, though.
- CAN-2001-0131: htpasswd and htdigest in Apache 2.0a9, 1.3.14, and others allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. No such binary programs are distributed by the Apache-Perl package, though.
- NO-CAN: Several buffer overflows have been found in the ApacheBench (ab) utility that could be exploited by a remote server returning very long strings. No such binary programs are distributed by the Apache-Perl package, though.
These problems have been fixed in version 1.3.26-1-1.26-0woody2 for the current stable distribution (woody), in 1.3.9-14.1-1.21.20000309-1.1 for the old stable distribution (potato) and in version 1.3.26-1.1-1.27-3-1 for the unstable distribution (sid).
Solution
Upgrade the Apache-Perl package immediately.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 15032
File Name: debian_DSA-195.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 9/29/2004
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache-perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2002
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2001-0131, CVE-2002-0839, CVE-2002-0840, CVE-2002-0843, CVE-2002-1233
DSA: 195