Security restrictions bypass in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2018-1312

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Security restrictions bypass in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2018-1312

Published: March 27, 2018 / Updated: July 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11279
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1312
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

Apache HTTP Server
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
SUSE Linux
Fedora
Tenable.sc
apache2 (Alpine package)
httpd
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Data Computing Appliance (DCA)

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1312

Update to version 2.4.32.

Apache HTTP Server - update to 2.4.32
Tenable.sc - update to 5.13.0
apache2 (Alpine package) - update to 2.4.33-r0
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.12.00.10
httpd - addressed in versions 2.4.33-2.fc26, 2.4.33-2.fc27, 2.4.33-2.fc28, 2.4.33-4.fc26
Data Computing Appliance (DCA) - update to 4.3.0.0

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