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Red Hat Software Collections 7 Critical: RHSA-2018:2826 Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey September 27, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical rh-perl524-mod_perl security patch resolves potential arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in Red Hat Software Collections.
An update for rh-perl524-mod_perl is now available for Red Hat Software Collections

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Mod_perl incorporates a Perl interpreter into the Apache web server, such that the Apache HTTP server can directly execute Perl code.
Security Fix(es):
* mod_perl: arbitrary Perl code execution in the context of the user account via a user-owned .htaccess (CVE-2011-2767)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2767 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: rh-perl524-mod_perl-2.0.9-10.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-perl524-mod_perl-2.0.9-10.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-perl524-mod_perl-debuginfo-2.0.9-10.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-perl524-mod_perl-devel-2.0.9-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):
Source: rh-perl524-mod_perl-2.0.9-10.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-perl524-mod_perl-2.0.9-10.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-perl524-mod_perl-debuginfo-2.0.9-10.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-perl524-mod_perl-devel-2.0.9-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: rh-perl524-mod_perl-2.0.9-10.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-perl524-mod_perl-2.0.9-10.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-perl524-mod_perl-debuginfo-2.0.9-10.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-perl524-mod_perl-devel-2.0.9-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: rh-perl524-mod_perl-2.0.9-10.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-perl524-mod_perl-2.0.9-10.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-perl524-mod_perl-debuginfo-2.0.9-10.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-perl524-mod_perl-devel-2.0.9-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3):
Source: rh-perl524-mod_perl-2.0.9-10.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-perl524-mod_perl-2.0.9-10.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2826-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Issue date: 2018-09-27

Topic

An update for rh-perl524-mod_perl is now available for Red Hat SoftwareCollections.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1623265 - CVE-2011-2767 mod_perl: arbitrary Perl code execution in the context of the user account via a user-owned .htaccess

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