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Apache HTTP Server < 2.4.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8165

Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

Versions of Apache HTTP Server older than 2.4.8 are unpatched for the following vulnerabilities:

 - A denial-of-service vulnerability in the mod_log_config module that can be triggered due to insufficient user-input sanitation when logging a cookie with an unassigned value (CVE-2014-0098)

 - A denial-of-service vulnerability in the mod_dav module that can be triggered when tracking the length of CDATA that includes leading whitespace characters. (CVE-2013-6438)

Solution

Upgrade to Apache HTTP Server 2.4.8, or later.

See Also

https://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.9

http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 8165

Family: Web Servers

Published: 3/20/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 73081, 73405

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:http_server

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6438, CVE-2014-0098

BID: 66303