CentOS 6 : httpd (CESA-2015:1668)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85637

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated httpd packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.

Multiple flaws were found in the way httpd parsed HTTP requests and responses using chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted request, which httpd would decode differently from an HTTP proxy software in front of it, possibly leading to HTTP request smuggling attacks. (CVE-2015-3183)

All httpd users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated packages, the httpd service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected httpd packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85637

File Name: centos_RHSA-2015-1668.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 8/26/2015

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3183

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3183

RHSA: 2015:1668

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