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Red Hat: RHSA-2021-2472-01 Important: Apache HTTP Server Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 17, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest Red Hat JBoss Core Services update for Apache HTTP Server resolves significant vulnerabilities and enhances overall efficiency for RHEL users.
Updated packages that provide Red Hat JBoss Core Services Pack Apache Server 2.4.37 and fix several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linu...

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

After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon will be restarted automatically. Applications using the APR libraries, such as httpd, must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

This release adds the new Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 Service Pack 8 packages that are part of the JBoss Core Services offering.
This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Core Services Pack Apache Server 2.4.37 Service Pack 7 and includes bug fixes and enhancements. Refer to the Release Notes for information on the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.
Security Fix(es):
* curl: Use-after-free in TLS session handling when using OpenSSL TLS backend (CVE-2021-22901)
* httpd: NULL pointer dereference on specially crafted HTTP/2 request (CVE-2021-31618)
* libcurl: partial password leak over DNS on HTTP redirect (CVE-2020-8169)
* curl: FTP PASV command response can cause curl to connect to arbitrary host (CVE-2020-8284)
* curl: Malicious FTP server can trigger stack overflow when CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION is used (CVE-2020-8285)
* curl: Inferior OCSP verification (CVE-2020-8286)
* curl: Leak of authentication credentials in URL via automatic Referer (CVE-2021-22876)
* curl: TLS 1.3 session ticket mix-up with HTTPS proxy host (CVE-2021-22890)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat important Apache HTTP Server security impact bug fixes curl

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8169 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8284 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8285 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8286 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22876 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22890 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22901 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31618 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server:
Source: jbcs-httpd24-1-18.jbcs.el7.src.rpm jbcs-httpd24-apr-1.6.3-105.jbcs.el7.src.rpm jbcs-httpd24-apr-util-1.6.1-82.jbcs.el7.src.rpm jbcs-httpd24-curl-7.77.0-2.jbcs.el7.src.rpm jbcs-httpd24-httpd-2.4.37-74.jbcs.el7.src.rpm jbcs-httpd24-jansson-2.11-55.jbcs.el7.src.rpm jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-1.3.16-5.Final_redhat_2.jbcs.el7.src.rpm jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2-1.15.7-17.jbcs.el7.src.rpm jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-1.2.48-16.redhat_1.jbcs.el7.src.rpm jbcs-httpd24-mod_md-2.0.8-36.jbcs.el7.src.rpm jbcs-httpd24-mod_security-2.9.2-63.GA.jbcs.el7.src.rpm
noarch: jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual-2.4.37-74.jbcs.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64: jbcs-httpd24-1-18.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm jbcs-httpd24-curl-7.77.0-2.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm jbcs-httpd24-curl-debuginfo-7.77.0-2.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm jbcs-httpd24-jansson-2.11-55.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm jbcs-httpd24-jansson-debuginfo-2.11-55.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm jbcs-httpd24-jansson-devel-2.11-55.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm jbcs-httpd24-libcurl-7.77.0-2.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm jbcs-httpd24-libcurl-devel-7.77.0-2.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2-1.15.7-17.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2-debuginfo-1.15.7-17.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm jbcs-httpd24-mod_md-2.0.8-36.jbcs.el7.ppc64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:2472-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Core Services
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2472
Issue date: 2021-06-17

Topic

Updated packages that provide Red Hat JBoss Core Services Pack ApacheServer 2.4.37 and fix several bugs, and add various enhancements are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat important Apache HTTP Server security impact bug fixes curl

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server - noarch, ppc64, x86_64

Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8 - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1847916 - CVE-2020-8169 libcurl: partial password leak over DNS on HTTP redirect

1902667 - CVE-2020-8284 curl: FTP PASV command response can cause curl to connect to arbitrary host

1902687 - CVE-2020-8285 curl: Malicious FTP server can trigger stack overflow when CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION is used

1906096 - CVE-2020-8286 curl: Inferior OCSP verification

1941964 - CVE-2021-22876 curl: Leak of authentication credentials in URL via automatic Referer

1941965 - CVE-2021-22890 curl: TLS 1.3 session ticket mix-up with HTTPS proxy host

1963146 - CVE-2021-22901 curl: Use-after-free in TLS session handling when using OpenSSL TLS backend

1968013 - CVE-2021-31618 httpd: NULL pointer dereference on specially crafted HTTP/2 request

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