RHEL 6 / 7 : httpd24-httpd (RHSA-2020:3733)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170320

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3733 advisory.

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.

Security Fix(es):

* httpd: Push diary crash on specifically crafted HTTP/2 header (CVE-2020-9490)

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 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-2020:3733.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a8ec9726

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3733

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866560

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170320

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3733.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9490

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-manual, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_session, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9490

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2020:3733