CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
99.5%
Updated httpd packages that fix a buffer overflow in mod_ssl and a remotely triggerable memory leak are now available.
The Apache HTTP server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and freely-available Web server.
A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in mod_ssl that could be triggered if using the FakeBasicAuth option. If mod_ssl was sent a client certificate with a subject DN field longer than 6000 characters, a stack overflow occured if FakeBasicAuth had been enabled. In order to exploit this issue the carefully crafted malicious certificate would have had to be signed by a Certificate Authority which mod_ssl is configured to trust. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0488 to this issue.
A remotely triggered memory leak in the Apache HTTP Server earlier than version 2.0.50 was also discovered. This allowed a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack against the server by forcing it to consume large amounts of memory. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0493 to this issue.
Users of the Apache HTTP server should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that address these issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2004:342. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(12636);
script_version("1.31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0488", "CVE-2004-0493");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2004:342");
script_name(english:"RHEL 3 : httpd (RHSA-2004:342)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated httpd packages that fix a buffer overflow in mod_ssl and a
remotely triggerable memory leak are now available.
The Apache HTTP server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and
freely-available Web server.
A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in mod_ssl that could be
triggered if using the FakeBasicAuth option. If mod_ssl was sent a
client certificate with a subject DN field longer than 6000
characters, a stack overflow occured if FakeBasicAuth had been
enabled. In order to exploit this issue the carefully crafted
malicious certificate would have had to be signed by a Certificate
Authority which mod_ssl is configured to trust. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the
name CVE-2004-0488 to this issue.
A remotely triggered memory leak in the Apache HTTP Server earlier
than version 2.0.50 was also discovered. This allowed a remote
attacker to perform a denial of service attack against the server by
forcing it to consume large amounts of memory. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the
name CVE-2004-0493 to this issue.
Users of the Apache HTTP server should upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain backported patches that address these issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0488"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0493"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.apacheweek.com/features/security-20"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:342"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected httpd, httpd-devel and / or mod_ssl packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/07/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/07/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 3.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2004:342";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : yum_report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
}
}
else
{
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL3", reference:"httpd-2.0.46-32.ent.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL3", reference:"httpd-devel-2.0.46-32.ent.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL3", reference:"mod_ssl-2.0.46-32.ent.3")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "httpd / httpd-devel / mod_ssl");
}
}