RHEL 6 / 7 : httpd24 (RHSA-2017:3018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194129

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3018 advisory.

- httpd: Use-after-free by limiting unregistered HTTP method (Optionsbleed) (CVE-2017-9798)

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://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

http://www.nessus.org/u?1e7549da

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327548

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418395

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428940

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1440858

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457316

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1480506

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1486843

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487164

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488541

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490344

http://www.nessus.org/u?ff3ef48c

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3018

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194129

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3018.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/27/2024

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: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9798

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_session, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-scldevel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_auth_kerb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-runtime, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-nghttp2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-libcurl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-libnghttp2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-curl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-libnghttp2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_proxy_html

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: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9798

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2017:3018