PT-2013-1687 · Apache+1 · Apache Http Server+1

Published 2013-01-04 · Updated 2013-01-07 · CVE-2012-4555

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Certificate System versions prior to 8.1.3

Description The issue is related to the token processing system in Red Hat Certificate System, where it fails to handle interruptions of token format operations properly. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and a crash of the Apache httpd web server child process.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.1.3, update to version 8.1.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4555

RHSA-2012:1550

Affected Products

Apache Http Server

Red Hat Certificate System

References · 6

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1550.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51482 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4555 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869570 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56843 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027846 · Note