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Amazon Linux AMI : mod24_security (ALAS-2014-334)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78277

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

apache2/modsecurity.c in ModSecurity before 2.7.6 allows remote attackers to bypass rules by using chunked transfer coding with a capitalized Chunked value in the Transfer-Encoding HTTP header.

Solution

Run 'yum update mod24_security' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-334.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78277

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-334.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mlogc24, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod24_security, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod24_security-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5705

ALAS: 2014-334