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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : Apache HTTP Server vulnerability (USN-6510-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186221

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6510-1 advisory.

 David Shoon discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_macro module incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6510-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186221

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6510-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31122

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-event, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-pristine, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2.2-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-prefork, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-worker, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-ssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-custom, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-macro, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-proxy-html, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-itk

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31122

IAVA: 2023-A-0572-S

USN: 6510-1