Apple macOS Server up to 5.2 Web Server Timeout resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS Server up to 5.2. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Web Server. The manipulation leads to resource management (Timeout). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-6750. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS Server up to 5.2 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Web Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability (Timeout). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Apache HTTP Server 1.x and 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris, related to the lack of the mod_reqtimeout module in versions before 2.2.15.

The bug was discovered 06/17/2009. The weakness was presented 03/27/2017 as HT207604 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-6750 since 12/27/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

This issue was addressed by adding mod_reqtimeout.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 923 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75789 (openSUSE Security Update : apache2-201202 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0314-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371300 (F5 BIG-IP ASM, LTM and APM Slowloris Attack Denial Of Service Vulnerability (K12636)).

Upgrading to version 5.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (75789), SecurityFocus (BID 21865†) and OSVDB (78079†). See VDB-59825, VDB-87387, VDB-98902 and VDB-98904 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Name: Timeout
Class: Resource management / Timeout
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 75789
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : apache2-201202 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0314-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple OS X Server Denial of Service And User Enumeration Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS Server 5.3

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01/03/2007 🔍
06/17/2009 +896 days 🔍
12/27/2011 +923 days 🔍
12/27/2011 +0 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +899 days 🔍
03/27/2017 +1018 days 🔍
03/27/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/28/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/22/2022 +2065 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207604
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6750 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6750
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98903

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X-Force: 72345
SecurityFocus: 21865 - Apache And Microsoft IIS Range Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 78079 - GoAhead WebServer dhttpd denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1038144

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2017 12:28
Updated: 11/22/2022 09:19
Changes: 03/28/2017 12:28 (79), 08/23/2020 08:19 (1), 11/22/2022 09:17 (4), 11/22/2022 09:19 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:E5F:103

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