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RHEL 9 : mod_jk update (Moderate) (RHSA-2024:7457)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 208274

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:7457 advisory.

 The mod_jk module is an Apache HTTP Server plug-in that enables the Apache HTTP Server to connect with the Apache Tomcat servlet engine.

 Bug Fix(es):

 * Rebase to upstream 1.2.50 release (JIRA:RHEL-58855)

 Security fix(es):

 * mod_jk: information Disclosure / DoS (CVE-2024-46544) (JIRA:RHEL-59800)

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 affected mod_jk package.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314194

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-58855

http://www.nessus.org/u?698f6d60

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7457

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 208274

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-7457.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/8/2024

Updated: 10/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-46544

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_jk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-46544

CWE: 276

RHSA: 2024:7457