CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
82.6%
Julian Reschke reported a problem in mod_dav of Apache 2 in connection with a NULL pointer dereference. When running in a threaded model, especially with Apache 2, a segmentation fault can take out a whole process and hence create a denial of service for the whole server.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-558. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(15656);
script_version("1.20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0809");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"558");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-558-1 : libapache-mod-dav - NULL pointer dereference");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Julian Reschke reported a problem in mod_dav of Apache 2 in connection
with a NULL pointer dereference. When running in a threaded model,
especially with Apache 2, a segmentation fault can take out a whole
process and hence create a denial of service for the whole server."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-558"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the mod_dav packages.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.3-3.1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapache-mod-dav");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/10/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/11/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/09/14");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"libapache-mod-dav", reference:"1.0.3-3.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | libapache-mod-dav | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapache-mod-dav |
debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0 |