RHSA-2021:3746 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated packages that provide Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 Service Pack 9, and fix an important security issue, are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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 link(s) in the References section.

Description

This release adds the new Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 Service Pack 9 packages that are part of the JBoss Core Services offering.

This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 Service Pack 8 and includes an important security update. Refer to the Release Notes for information on the security fix included in this release.

Security Fix(es):

• httpd: mod_proxy: SSRF via a crafted request uri-path (CVE-2021-40438)

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.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 for RHEL 8 x86_64
• Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2005117 - CVE-2021-40438 httpd: mod_proxy: SSRF via a crafted request uri-path containing "unix:"

CVEs

• CVE-2021-40438

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important