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Debian DLA-66-1 : apache2 security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82211

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2014-0231: prevent denial of service in mod_cgid.

CVE-2014-0226: prevent denial of service via race in mod_status.

CVE-2014-0118: fix resource consumption via mod_deflate body decompression.

CVE-2013-6438: prevent denial of service via mod_dav incorrect end of string

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/09/msg00023.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/apache2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82211

File Name: debian_DLA-66.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-mpm-prefork, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-suexec-custom, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-suexec, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2.2-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-mpm-itk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-mpm-worker, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-utils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2.2-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-mpm-event, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-prefork-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2-threaded-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apache2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6438, CVE-2014-0118, CVE-2014-0226, CVE-2014-0231

BID: 66303, 68678, 68742, 68745