The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2523-1 advisory.

    Martin Holst Swende discovered that the mod_headers module allowed HTTP trailers to replace HTTP headers     during request processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass RequestHeaders     directives. (CVE-2013-5704)

    Mark Montague discovered that the mod_cache module incorrectly handled empty HTTP Content-Type headers. A     remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to stop responding, leading to a denial of     service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-3581)

    Teguh P. Alko discovered that the mod_proxy_fcgi module incorrectly handled long response headers. A     remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to stop responding, leading to a denial of     service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-3583)

    It was discovered that the mod_lua module incorrectly handled different arguments within different     contexts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended access restrictions. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-8109)

    Guido Vranken discovered that the mod_lua module incorrectly handled a specially crafted websocket PING in     certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to stop     responding, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-0228)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities (USN-2523-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81755

Version 1.23