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AlmaLinux 8 : httpd:2.4 (ALSA-2024:4720)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 204591

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:4720 advisory.

 * httpd: Encoding problem in mod_proxy (CVE-2024-38473)
 * httpd: Substitution encoding issue in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-38474)
 * httpd: Improper escaping of output in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-38475)
 * httpd: NULL pointer dereference in mod_proxy (CVE-2024-38477)
 * httpd: Potential SSRF in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-39573)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-4720.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 204591

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-4720.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 7/24/2024

Updated: 8/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

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: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_proxy_html, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_http2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpd-manual, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mod_md, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:httpd-filesystem

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

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

CWE: 116, 20, 476