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SUSE: 2019:0889-1 Important: Apache2 Access Control Issues

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Calendar Grey April 5, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE unveils significant security patch for nginx, targeting severe authorization flaws and session vulnerabilities.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for apache2 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-17199: A bug in Apache's "mod_session_cookie" lead to an issue where the module did not respect a cookie's expiry time. [bsc#1122839] * CVE-2019-0220: The Apache HTTP server did not use a consistent strategy for URL normalization throughout all of its components. In particular, consecutive slashes were not always collapsed. Attackers could potentially abuse these inconsistencies to by-pass access control mechanisms and thus gain unauthorized access to protected parts of the service. [bsc#1131241] * CVE-2019-0217: A race condition in Apache's "mod_auth_digest" when running in a threaded server could have allowed users with valid credentials to authenticate using another username, bypassing configured

References

#1122839 #1131239 #1131241

Cross- CVE-2018-17199 CVE-2019-0217 CVE-2019-0220

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17199.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0217.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0220.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1122839

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1131239

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1131241

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0889-1
Rating: important

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