SB2018032718 - Security restrictions bypass in apache2 (Alpine package)
Published: March 27, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018032718
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1312)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.The weakness exists in Apache HTTPD mod_auth_digest due to improper generation of HTTP Digest authentication nonce. A remote attacker can replay HTTP requests across the cluster without detection by the target server(s) and bypass replay protection.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=33c9b879e1ac2712ea308a9c9e642d83b54d690d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=745c279a27c099e33067e550773bdc49d7d3da2e
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a30dbd55635b5e5c03db10c63ac61a2a9b3c3b05
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c976cfb3d3e83caaa82a05bc37b1c1a6e6b3ea1c
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fc2557dadf48a27feaa29261edcaa62ea4fc367e