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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : apache2 (SUSE-SU-2017:0801-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 97916
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for apache2 provides the following fixes: Security issues fixed :- CVE-2016-0736: Protect mod_session_crypto data with a MAC to prevent padding oracle attacks (bsc#1016712).
- CVE-2016-2161: Malicious input to mod_auth_digest could have caused the server to crash, resulting in DoS (bsc#1016714).
- CVE-2016-8743: Added new directive 'HttpProtocolOptions Strict' to avoid proxy chain misinterpretation (bsc#1016715). Bugfixes :
- Add NotifyAccess=all to systemd service files to prevent warnings in the log when using mod_systemd (bsc#980663).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-449=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-449=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016712
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016714
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016715
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980663
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0736/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2161/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 97916
File Name: suse_SU-2017-0801-1.nasl
Version: 3.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 3/23/2017
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-prefork, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-worker-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-prefork-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-worker, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-example-pages, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-debugsource
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2017