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RHEL 9 : mod_jk (RHSA-2024:8928)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210429

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for mod_jk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:8928 advisory.

 The mod_jk module is a plugin for the Apache HTTP Server to connect it with the Apache Tomcat servlet engine.

 Security Fix(es):

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

 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL mod_jk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:8928.

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-65726

http://www.nessus.org/u?30dee180

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8928

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 210429

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-8928.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2024

Updated: 11/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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:rhel_e4s:9.0, 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: 11/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-46544

CWE: 276

RHSA: 2024:8928