Apache Traffic Server 4.x < 4.2.1.1 / 5.x < 5.0.1 Synthetic Health Check Vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 80917

Synopsis

The remote caching server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Apache Traffic Server running on the remote host is prior to 4.2.1.1 / 5.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified vulnerability related to synthetic health checks.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Apache Traffic Server 4.2.1.1 / 5.0.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c7cd8218

http://www.nessus.org/u?e9831e59

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 80917

File Name: apache_traffic_server_501.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 1/22/2015

Updated: 6/27/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:traffic_server

Required KB Items: www/apache_traffic_server

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3525

BID: 69173