QID 239871

Date Published: 2021-11-11

QID 239871: Red Hat Update for httpd:2.4 (RHSA-2021:4537)

the httpd packages provide the apache http server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.

Security Fix(es):
  • httpd: regression of cve-2021-40438 and cve-2021-26691 fixes in Red Hat enterprise linux 8.5 (cve-2021-20325)

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 Refer to :
    Applying Package Updates to RHEL system     for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:4537 Update to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239871

    CVE-2021-20325 | CVE-2021-26691 | CVE-2021-40438 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:4537 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4537
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