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HistoryOct 19, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55 - 2.4.57 DoS Vulnerability - Windows

2023-10-1900:00:00
Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG
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5
apache
http
server
dos
vulnerability
windows
denial of service

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

27.6%

Apache HTTP Server is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:http_server";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100291");
  script_version("2024-03-14T05:06:59+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-14 05:06:59 +0000 (Thu, 14 Mar 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-10-19 13:20:07 +0000 (Thu, 19 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-11-01 18:11:00 +0000 (Wed, 01 Nov 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-43622");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55 - 2.4.57 DoS Vulnerability - Windows");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web Servers");
  script_dependencies("gb_apache_http_server_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("apache/http_server/detected", "Host/runs_windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache HTTP Server is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An attacker, opening a HTTP/2 connection with an initial
  window size of 0, was able to block handling of that connection indefinitely in Apache HTTP
  Server. This could be used to exhaust worker resources in the server, similar to the well known
  'slow loris' attack pattern.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.55 through 2.4.57.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.4.58 or later.");

  # nb: As of 10/2023 the oss-security mailing list posting has more exact affected ranges.
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#2.4.58");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/19/5");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE,
                                          version_regex: "^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "2.4.55", test_version2: "2.4.57")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.4.58", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

27.6%