Apache HTTP Server Denial-Of-Service Vulnerability (Jun 2017) - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811216");
  script_version("2024-02-16T05:06:55+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-7668");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-16 05:06:55 +0000 (Fri, 16 Feb 2024)");
  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:"2022-04-21 14:40:00 +0000 (Thu, 21 Apr 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-06-21 17:42:03 +0530 (Wed, 21 Jun 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
  script_name("Apache HTTP Server Denial-Of-Service Vulnerability (Jun 2017) - Linux");

  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:"The flaw exists due to an error in the
  token list parsing, which allows ap_find_token() to search past the end of its
  input string. By maliciously crafting a sequence of request headers, an
  attacker may be able to cause a segmentation fault, or to force
  ap_find_token() to return an incorrect value.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to cause a denial-of-service condition.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache HTTP Server versions 2.2.32, 2.4.24
  and 2.4.25.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Apache HTTP Server 2.2.33 or 2.4.26
  or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/510");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99137");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 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_unixoide");

  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);

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

if(vers =~ "^2\.4") {
  if(version_is_equal(version:vers, test_version:"2.4.25") ||
     version_is_equal(version:vers, test_version:"2.4.24")) {
    fix = "2.4.26";
  }
}
else if(vers =~ "^2\.2") {
  if(version_is_equal(version:vers, test_version:"2.2.32")) {
    fix = "2.2.33";
  }
}

if(fix) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:fix, install_path:path);
  security_message(data:report, port:port);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);