QID 239299

Date Published: 2021-05-20

QID 239299: Red Hat Update for httpd:2.4 (RHSA-2021:1809)

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.

Security Fix(es): httpd: mod_session_cookie does not respect expiry time (CVE-2018-17199) httpd: mod_proxy_uwsgi buffer overflow (CVE-2020-11984) httpd: mod_http2 concurrent pool usage (CVE-2020-11993)

Affected Products:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:1809 to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239299

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:1809 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1809?language=en