RHEL 5 / 6 : httpd and httpd22 (RHSA-2011:1329)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193668

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for httpd / httpd22.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1329 advisory.

The Apache HTTP Server is a popular web server.

A flaw was found in the way the Apache HTTP Server handled Range HTTP headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the Apache HTTP Server to use an excessive amount of memory and CPU time via HTTP requests with a specially-crafted Range header. (CVE-2011-3192)

All users of JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
After installing the updated packages, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users must restart the httpd22 service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 users must restart the httpd service, for the update to take effect.

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 httpd / httpd22 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:1329.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732928

http://www.nessus.org/u?6ded68f1

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1329

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193668

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1329.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2024

Updated: 11/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3192

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd22-apr-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd22-apr-util-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd22-apr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-manual, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd22, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd22-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd22-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd22-apr-util, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl22, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux: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: 9/21/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2011

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3192

RHSA: 2011:1329