RHEL 7 / 8 : Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.57 SP5 (RHSA-2024:5239)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 205465

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.57 SP5.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5239 advisory.

Red Hat JBoss Core Services is a set of supplementary software for Red Hat JBoss middleware products. This software, such as Apache HTTP Server, is common to multiple JBoss middleware products and packaged under Red Hat JBoss Core Services, to allow for faster distribution of updates and for a more consistent update experience.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.57 Service Pack 5 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.57 Service Pack 4, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes linked to in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

* jbcs-httpd24-httpd: Potential SSRF in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-39573)
* jbcs-httpd24-httpd: null pointer dereference in mod_proxy (CVE-2024-38477)
* jbcs-httpd24-httpd: Improper escaping of output in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-38475)
* jbcs-httpd24-httpd: Encoding problem in mod_proxy (CVE-2024-38473)
* jbcs-httpd24-httpd: Substitution encoding issue in mod_rewrite (CVE-2024-38474)
* jbcs-httpd24-httpd: Security issues via backend applications whose response headers are malicious or exploitable (CVE-2024-38476)

A Red Hat Security Bulletin which addresses further details about this flaw is available in the References section.

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.57 SP5 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:5239.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 205465

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-5239.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/13/2024

Updated: 5/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38476

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-ap24, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_html, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-httpd-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_md, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_security, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-httpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-httpd-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbcs-httpd24-mod_session

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: 8/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38473, CVE-2024-38474, CVE-2024-38475, CVE-2024-38476, CVE-2024-38477, CVE-2024-39573

CWE: 116, 20, 476, 829

RHSA: 2024:5239

Detections

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