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RHEL 2.1 : apache (RHSA-2002:126)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12305

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Apache Web server contains a security vulnerability which can be used to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack or, in some cases, allow remote code execution.

Versions of the Apache Web server up to and including 1.3.24 contain a bug in the routines which deal with requests using 'chunked' encoding.
A carefully crafted invalid request can cause an Apache child process to call the memcpy() function in a way that will write past the end of its buffer, corrupting the stack. On some platforms this can be remotely exploited -- allowing arbitrary code to be run on the server.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2002-0392 to this issue.

All users of Apache should update to these errata packages to correct this security issue.

Solution

Update the affected apache, apache-devel and / or apache-manual packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-0392

http://httpd.apache.org/info/security_bulletin_20020617.txt

http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-06-21

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002:126

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12305

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2002-126.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-manual, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2002

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2002

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Apache Win32 Chunked Encoding)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0392

RHSA: 2002:126