MGASA-2024-0118 - Updated apache packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 10 Apr 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0118.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-27316,
     CVE-2024-24795,
     CVE-2023-38709

Apache has been updated to version 2.4.59 to fix CVE-2024-27316,
CVE-2024-24795 and CVE-2023-38709.
CVE-2024-27316: Apache HTTP Server: HTTP/2 DoS by memory exhaustion on
endless continuation frames (cve.mitre.org)
HTTP/2 incoming headers exceeding the limit are temporarily buffered in
nghttp2 in order to generate an informative HTTP 413
response. If a client does not stop sending headers, this leads
to memory exhaustion.
Credits: Bartek Nowotarski (https://nowotarski.info/)
CVE-2024-24795: Apache HTTP Server: HTTP Response Splitting in multiple
modules (cve.mitre.org)
HTTP Response splitting in multiple modules in Apache HTTP Server allows
an attacker that can inject malicious response
headers into backend applications to cause an HTTP desynchronization
attack.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.59, which fixes this
issue.
Credits: Keran Mu, Tsinghua University and Zhongguancun Laboratory.
CVE-2023-38709: Apache HTTP Server: HTTP response splitting
(cve.mitre.org)
Faulty input validation in the core of Apache allows malicious or
exploitable backend/content generators to split HTTP responses.
This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: through 2.4.58.
Credits: Orange Tsai (@orange_8361) from DEVCORE

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33059
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/03/16
- https://nowotarski.info/http2-continuation-flood/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-27316
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24795
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38709

SRPMS:
- 9/core/apache-2.4.59-1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0118: apache security update

Apache has been updated to version 2.4.59 to fix CVE-2024-27316, CVE-2024-24795 and CVE-2023-38709

Summary

Apache has been updated to version 2.4.59 to fix CVE-2024-27316, CVE-2024-24795 and CVE-2023-38709. CVE-2024-27316: Apache HTTP Server: HTTP/2 DoS by memory exhaustion on endless continuation frames (cve.mitre.org) HTTP/2 incoming headers exceeding the limit are temporarily buffered in nghttp2 in order to generate an informative HTTP 413 response. If a client does not stop sending headers, this leads to memory exhaustion. Credits: Bartek Nowotarski (https://nowotarski.info/) CVE-2024-24795: Apache HTTP Server: HTTP Response Splitting in multiple modules (cve.mitre.org) HTTP Response splitting in multiple modules in Apache HTTP Server allows an attacker that can inject malicious response headers into backend applications to cause an HTTP desynchronization attack. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.59, which fixes this issue. Credits: Keran Mu, Tsinghua University and Zhongguancun Laboratory. CVE-2023-38709: Apache HTTP Server: HTTP response splitting (cve.mitre.org) Faulty input validation in the core of Apache allows malicious or exploitable backend/content generators to split HTTP responses. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: through 2.4.58. Credits: Orange Tsai (@orange_8361) from DEVCORE

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33059

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/03/16

- https://nowotarski.info/http2-continuation-flood/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-27316

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24795

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38709

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0118 - Updated apache packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/apache-2.4.59-1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 10 Apr 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0118.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-27316, CVE-2024-24795, CVE-2023-38709

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