Fedora 18 : httpd-2.4.4-2.fc18 (2013-4541)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65760

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update contains the latest release of the Apache HTTP Server, version 2.4.4.

Two security issues are resolved in this update :

- Various XSS flaws due to unescaped hostnames and URIs HTML output in mod_info, mod_status, mod_imagemap, mod_ldap, and mod_proxy_ftp. (CVE-2012-3499)

- An Cross-Site-Scripting attack against the mod_proxy_balancer manager interface. (CVE-2012-4558)

Numerous bug fixes and minor enhancements are also included; for more information see :

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.4

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected httpd package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65760

File Name: fedora_2013-4541.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 4/1/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:httpd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3499, CVE-2012-4558

BID: 58165

FEDORA: 2013-4541

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