RHEL 7 : httpd24-httpd (RHSA-2022:1075)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 159298

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for httpd24-httpd.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1075 advisory.

- httpd: Errors encountered during the discarding of request body lead to HTTP request smuggling (CVE-2022-22720)

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 httpd24-httpd package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:1075.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f52c029b

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1075

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064321

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 159298

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-1075.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/29/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22720

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_session, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_ssl

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: 3/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22720

CWE: 444

IAVA: 2022-A-0124-S

RHSA: 2022:1075