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Oracle Linux 8 : httpd:2.4 (ELSA-2024-4720)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 203695

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-4720 advisory.

 - Resolves: RHEL-45812 - httpd:2.4/httpd: Substitution encoding issue in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-38474)
 - Resolves: RHEL-45785 - httpd:2.4/httpd: Encoding problem in mod_proxy (CVE-2024-38473)
 - Resolves: RHEL-45777 - httpd:2.4/httpd: Improper escaping of output in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-38475)
 - Resolves: RHEL-45758 - httpd:2.4/httpd: null pointer dereference in mod_proxy (CVE-2024-38477)

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-2024-4720.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 203695

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-4720.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/23/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38474

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8:10:appstream_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_md, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_proxy_html, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_http2, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8:9:appstream_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:httpd-tools

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38473, CVE-2024-38474, CVE-2024-38475, CVE-2024-38477, CVE-2024-39573