AlmaLinux 8 : httpd:2.4 (ALSA-2022:7647)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167444

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2022:7647 advisory.

* httpd: mod_sed: Read/write beyond bounds (CVE-2022-23943)
* httpd: mod_lua: Use of uninitialized value of in r:parsebody (CVE-2022-22719)
* httpd: core: Possible buffer overflow with very large or unlimited LimitXMLRequestBody (CVE-2022-22721)
* httpd: mod_proxy_ajp: Possible request smuggling (CVE-2022-26377)
* httpd: mod_lua: DoS in r:parsebody (CVE-2022-29404)
* httpd: mod_sed: DoS vulnerability (CVE-2022-30522)
* httpd: mod_proxy: X-Forwarded-For dropped by hop-by-hop mechanism (CVE-2022-31813)
* httpd: Out-of-bounds read via ap_rwrite() (CVE-2022-28614)
* httpd: Out-of-bounds read in ap_strcmp_match() (CVE-2022-28615)
* httpd: mod_lua: Information disclosure with websockets (CVE-2022-30556)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7647.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167444

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-7647.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/14/2022

Updated: 1/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous 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-2022-31813

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:alma:linux:mod_md, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_http2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_proxy_html, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpd, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpd-filesystem

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22719, CVE-2022-22721, CVE-2022-23943, CVE-2022-26377, CVE-2022-28614, CVE-2022-28615, CVE-2022-29404, CVE-2022-30522, CVE-2022-30556, CVE-2022-31813

CWE: 125, 190, 200, 345, 348, 444, 665, 770, 787, 789, 908