Oracle Linux 7 : httpd24-httpd (ELSA-2015-1666)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181102

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1666 advisory.

- core: fix chunk header parsing defect (CVE-2015-3183)
- core: replace of ap_some_auth_required with ap_some_authn_required and ap_force_authn hook (CVE-2015-3185)
- core: fix pointer dereference crash with ErrorDocument 400 pointing to a local URL-path (CVE-2015-0253)
- mod_lua: fix possible mod_lua crash due to websocket bug (CVE-2015-0228)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1666.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181102

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1666.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3183

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0253

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-httpd, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-mod_session, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd24-mod_ldap

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0228, CVE-2015-0253, CVE-2015-3183, CVE-2015-3185