Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : apache2, apache vulnerabilities (USN-241-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20788

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The 'mod_imap' module (which provides support for image maps) did not properly escape the 'referer' URL which rendered it vulnerable against a cross-site scripting attack. A malicious web page (or HTML email) could trick a user into visiting a site running the vulnerable mod_imap, and employ cross-site-scripting techniques to gather sensitive user information from that site. (CVE-2005-3352)

Hartmut Keil discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in the SSL module ('mod_ssl') that affects SSL-enabled virtual hosts with a customized error page for error 400. By sending a specially crafted request to the server, a remote attacker could crash the server. This only affects Apache 2, and only if the 'worker' implementation (apache2-mpm-worker) is used. (CVE-2005-3357).

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20788

File Name: ubuntu_USN-241-1.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/21/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-prefork, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache-ssl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapr0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-worker, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-threaded-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-prefork-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-threadpool, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-perchild, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapr0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache-mod-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3352, CVE-2005-3357

USN: 241-1

Detections

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