Synopsis

Important: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 SP2 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An update is now available for JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 and RHEL 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

Red Hat JBoss Core Services is a set of supplementary software for Red Hat JBoss middleware products. This software, such as Apache HTTP Server, is common to multiple JBoss middleware products, and is packaged under Red Hat JBoss Core Services to allow for faster distribution of updates, and for a more consistent update experience.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 Service Pack 2 serves as an update to Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29, and includes bug fixes for CVEs which are linked to in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

• openssl: Malicious server can send large prime to client during DH(E) TLS handshake causing the client to hang (CVE-2018-0732)
• openssl: ROHNP - Key Extraction Side Channel in Multiple Crypto Libraries (CVE-2018-0495)
• httpd: privilege escalation from modules scripts (CVE-2019-0211)

Details around this issue, including information about the CVE, severity of the issue, and CVSS scores can be found on the CVE pages listed in the References section below.

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.

Affected Products

• Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 for RHEL 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1591100 - CVE-2018-0732 openssl: Malicious server can send large prime to client during DH(E) TLS handshake causing the client to hang
• BZ - 1591163 - CVE-2018-0495 openssl: ROHNP - Key Extraction Side Channel in Multiple Crypto Libraries
• BZ - 1694980 - CVE-2019-0211 httpd: privilege escalation from modules scripts

CVEs

• CVE-2018-0495
• CVE-2018-0732
• CVE-2019-0211

References