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openSUSE Security Update : apache2-201202 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0314-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 75789
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update of apache2 fixes regressions and several security problems :bnc#728876, fix graceful reload
bnc#741243, CVE-2012-0031: Fixed a scoreboard corruption (shared mem segment) by child causes crash of privileged parent (invalid free()) during shutdown.
bnc#743743, CVE-2012-0053: Fixed an issue in error responses that could expose 'httpOnly' cookies when no custom ErrorDocument is specified for status code 400'.
bnc#738855, CVE-2007-6750: 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.
Solution
Update the affected apache2-201202 packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728876
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738855
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741243
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743743
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00065.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 75789
File Name: suse_11_4_apache2-201202-120216.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 6/13/2014
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous 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:opensuse:apache2-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-prefork, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-worker, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-example-pages, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-itk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-itk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-worker-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-prefork-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apache2-example-certificates
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2012