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RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : mod_perl (RHSA-2007:0395)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25519

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated mod_perl packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mod_perl incorporates a Perl interpreter into the Apache web server, so that the Apache web server can directly execute Perl code.

An issue was found in the 'namespace_from_uri' method of the ModPerl::RegistryCooker class. If a server implemented a mod_perl registry module using this method, a remote attacker requesting a carefully crafted URI can cause resource consumption, which could lead to a denial of service (CVE-2007-1349).

Users of mod_perl should update to these erratum packages which contain a backported fix to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected mod_perl and / or mod_perl-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-1349

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0395

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25519

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0395.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/14/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_perl-devel

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: 6/14/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1349

BID: 23192

CWE: 399

RHSA: 2007:0395