Vulnerability identifier: #VU32634

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1896

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Apache HTTP Server
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

mod_dav.c in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.2.25 does not properly determine whether DAV is enabled for a URI, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a MERGE request in which the URI is configured for handling by the mod_dav_svn module, but a certain href attribute in XML data refers to a non-DAV URI.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache HTTP Server: 2.2.0 - 2.2.24

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External links
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00026.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00030.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1156.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1207.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1208.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1209.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/55032
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/dav/main/mod_dav.c?r1=1482522&r2=1485668&diff_format=h
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/dav/main/mod_dav.c?view=log
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-1896
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.2.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61129
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1903-1
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047
http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay/?spf_p.tpst=kbDocDisplay&spf_p.prp_kbDocDisplay=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c03922406-1%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18835
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19747

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.