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Red Hat: RHSA-2022:0258-01 Important: httpd Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey January 25, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security alert for httpd:2.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux tackling a potential buffer overflow threat.
An update for the httpd:2.4 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended ...

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.

Summary

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.
Security Fix(es):
* httpd: mod_lua: Possible buffer overflow when parsing multipart content (CVE-2021-44790)
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 buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux important update httpd module

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44790 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2):
Source: httpd-2.4.37-21.module+el8.2.0+13808+dea277df.3.src.rpm mod_http2-1.11.3-3.module+el8.2.0+7758+84b4ca3e.1.src.rpm mod_md-2.0.8-7.module+el8.2.0+5531+7e4d69a2.src.rpm
aarch64: httpd-2.4.37-21.module+el8.2.0+13808+dea277df.3.aarch64.rpm httpd-debuginfo-2.4.37-21.module+el8.2.0+13808+dea277df.3.aarch64.rpm httpd-debugsource-2.4.37-21.module+el8.2.0+13808+dea277df.3.aarch64.rpm httpd-devel-2.4.37-21.module+el8.2.0+13808+dea277df.3.aarch64.rpm httpd-tools-2.4.37-21.module+el8.2.0+13808+dea277df.3.aarch64.rpm httpd-tools-debuginfo-2.4.37-21.module+el8.2.0+13808+dea277df.3.aarch64.rpm mod_http2-1.11.3-3.module+el8.2.0+7758+84b4ca3e.1.aarch64.rpm mod_http2-debuginfo-1.11.3-3.module+el8.2.0+7758+84b4ca3e.1.aarch64.rpm mod_http2-debugsource-1.11.3-3.module+el8.2.0+7758+84b4ca3e.1.aarch64.rpm mod_ldap-2.4.37-21.module+el8.2.0+13808+dea277df.3.aarch64.rpm mod_ldap-debuginfo-2.4.37-21.module+el8.2.0+13808+dea277df.3.aarch64.rpm mod_md-2.0.8-7.module+el8.2.0+5531+7e4d69a2.aarch64.rpm mod_md-debuginfo-2.0.8-7.module+el8.2.0+5531+7e4d69a2.aarch64.rpm mod_md-debugsource-2.0.8-7.module+el8.2.0+5531+7e4d69a2.aarch64.rpm mod_proxy_html-2.4.37-21.module+el8.2.0+13808+dea277df.3.aarch64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0258-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0258
Issue date: 2022-01-25

Topic

An update for the httpd:2.4 module is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support, and Red HatEnterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux important update httpd module

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2034674 - CVE-2021-44790 httpd: mod_lua: Possible buffer overflow when parsing multipart content

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