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RHEL 6 / 7 : httpd24-httpd and httpd24-nghttp2 (RHSA-2019:2949)
high Nessus Plugin ID 210268
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for httpd24-httpd / httpd24-nghttp2.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2949 advisory.The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.
Security Fix(es):
* HTTP/2: large amount of data requests leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-9511)
* HTTP/2: flood using PRIORITY frames resulting in excessive resource consumption (CVE-2019-9513)
* HTTP/2: request for large response leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-9517)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL httpd24-httpd / httpd24-nghttp2 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2949.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1741868
http://www.nessus.org/u?e4804ca8
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2949
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 210268
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2949.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/5/2024
Updated: 11/6/2024
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: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9517
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_md, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-manual, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_session, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-libnghttp2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-nghttp2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-libnghttp2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd24-httpd
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: 10/1/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2019