RHEL 5 / 6 : mod_cluster (RHSA-2012:1166)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78929

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1166 advisory.

- mod_cluster registers and exposes the root context of a server by default, despite ROOT being in the excluded-contexts list (CVE-2012-1154)

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_cluster package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1166.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78929

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1166.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/8/2014

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1154

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_cluster-tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_cluster-jbossweb2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_cluster, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_cluster-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_cluster-jbossas

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: 8/13/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1154

BID: 54086

RHSA: 2012:1166

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