SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Apache2 (SAT Patch Number 5760)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58030

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of apache2 and libapr1 fixes regressions and several security problems.

- Fixed a scoreboard corruption (shared mem segment) by child causes crash of privileged parent (invalid free()) during shutdown. (CVE-2012-0031)

- Fixed an issue in error responses that could expose 'httpOnly' cookies when no custom ErrorDocument is specified for status code 400'. (CVE-2012-0053)

- The 'mod_reqtimeout' module was backported from Apache 2.2.21 to help mitigate the 'Slowloris' Denial of Service attack. You need to enable the 'mod_reqtimeout' module in your existing apache configuration to make it effective, e.g. in the APACHE_MODULES line in /etc/sysconfig/apache2. For more detailed information, check also the README file. (CVE-2007-6750)

Also the following bugs have been fixed :

- Fixed init script action 'check-reload' to avoid potential crashes. (bnc#728876)

- An overlapping memcpy() was replaced by memmove() to make this work with newer glibcs. (bnc#738067 / bnc#741874)

- libapr1: reset errno to zero to not return previous value despite good status of new operation. (bnc#739783)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5760.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728876

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738067

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738855

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739783

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741243

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741874

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743743

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6750.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0031.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0053.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58030

File Name: suse_11_apache2-201202-120203.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/20/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:apache2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:apache2-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:apache2-example-pages, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:apache2-prefork, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:apache2-worker, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libapr1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6750, CVE-2012-0031, CVE-2012-0053