Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20179798000
Revision Date:2017-09-18Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-9798 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Apache httpd allows remote attackers to read secret data from process memory if the Limit directive can be set in a user's .htaccess file, or if httpd.conf has certain misconfigurations, aka Optionsbleed. This affects the Apache HTTP Server through 2.2.34 and 2.4.x through 2.4.27. The attacker sends an unauthenticated OPTIONS HTTP request when attempting to read secret data. This is a use-after-free issue and thus secret data is not always sent, and the specific data depends on many factors including configuration. Exploitation with .htaccess can be blocked with a patch to the ap_limit_section function in server/core.c.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-9798
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'apache2' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.4.18-2ubuntu3.5').
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