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Oracle Linux 8 : httpd:2.4 (ELSA-2021-4257)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 155428

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-4257 advisory.

 - Add checks on the configured UDS path [Orabug: 33412270][CVE-2021-40438]
 - Resolves: #1972500 - CVE-2021-30641 httpd:2.4/httpd: MergeSlashes regression
 - Resolves: #1968307 - CVE-2021-26690 httpd:2.4/httpd: mod_session NULL pointer dereference in parser
 - Resolves: #1869077 - CVE-2020-11993 httpd:2.4/mod_http2: httpd:
 mod_http2 concurrent pool usage

 mod_md

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-4257.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 155428

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-4257.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/17/2021

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2021-30641

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_md, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_proxy_html, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_http2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26690, CVE-2021-30641

IAVA: 2021-A-0259-S