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Rocky Linux 8 : httpd:2.4 (RLSA-2022:5163)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162838

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:5163 advisory.

 - Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.41 to 2.4.46 mod_proxy_http can be made to crash (NULL pointer dereference) with specially crafted requests using both Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding headers, leading to a Denial of Service (CVE-2020-13950)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:5163

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1966738

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162838

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-5163.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 7/8/2022

Updated: 11/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13950

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13950