RHEL 3 : httpd (RHSA-2004:562)

high Nessus Plugin ID 15700

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated httpd packages that include fixes for two security issues, as well as other bugs, are now available.

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

An issue has been discovered in the mod_ssl module when configured to use the 'SSLCipherSuite' directive in directory or location context.
If a particular location context has been configured to require a specific set of cipher suites, then a client will be able to access that location using any cipher suite allowed by the virtual host configuration. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0885 to this issue.

An issue has been discovered in the handling of white space in request header lines using MIME folding. A malicious client could send a carefully crafted request, forcing the server to consume large amounts of memory, leading to a denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0942 to this issue.

Several minor bugs were also discovered, including :

- In the mod_cgi module, problems that arise when CGI scripts are invoked from SSI pages by mod_include using the '#include virtual' syntax have been fixed.

- In the mod_dav_fs module, problems with the handling of indirect locks on the S/390x platform have been fixed.

Users of the Apache HTTP server who are affected by these issues should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches.

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15700

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-562.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/13/2004

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: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: 11/12/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0885, CVE-2004-0942, CVE-2004-1834

RHSA: 2004:562

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