The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1389 advisory.

    This release adds the new Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 Service Pack 11 packages that are part of the JBoss     Core Services offering.

    This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 Service     Pack 10 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):

    * jbcs-httpd24-httpd: httpd: HTTP request smuggling vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.52 and earlier     (CVE-2022-22720)
    * libxml2: use-after-free in xmlXIncludeDoProcess() in xinclude.c (CVE-2021-3518)
    * libxml2: heap-based buffer overflow in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal() in entities.c (CVE-2021-3517)
    * libxml2: use-after-free in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal() in entities.c (CVE-2021-3516)
    * libxml2: Exponential entity expansion attack bypasses all existing protection mechanisms (CVE-2021-3541)
    * libxml2: NULL pointer dereference when post-validating mixed content parsed in recovery mode     (CVE-2021-3537)
    * libxml2: Use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes (CVE-2022-23308)
    * openssl: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates (CVE-2022-0778)

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

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RHEL 7 / 8 : Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 SP11 (RHSA-2022:1389)

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