Amazon Linux AMI : httpd24 (ALAS-2022-1584)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 160333

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of httpd24 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.53-1.96. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1584 advisory.

A flaw was found in the mod_lua module of httpd. A crafted request body can cause a read to a random memory area due to an uninitialized value in functions called by the parsebody function. The highest treat of this vulnerability is availability. (CVE-2022-22719)

A flaw was found in httpd. The inbound connection is not closed when it fails to discard the request body, which may expose the server to HTTP request smuggling. (CVE-2022-22720)

A flaw was found in httpd, where it incorrectly limits the value of the LimitXMLRequestBody option. This issue can lead to an integer overflow and later causes an out-of-bounds write. (CVE-2022-22721)

An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in the mod_sed module of httpd. This flaw allows an attacker to overwrite the memory of an httpd instance that is using mod_sed with data provided by the attacker. (CVE-2022-23943)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update httpd24' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 160333

File Name: ala_ALAS-2022-1584.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/29/2022

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, 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-2022-23943

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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod24_md, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod24_ssl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd24-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd24-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod24_ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod24_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd24-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod24_session, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd24-manual, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd24, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22719, CVE-2022-22720, CVE-2022-22721, CVE-2022-23943

ALAS: 2022-1584

IAVA: 2022-A-0124-S

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