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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:6020 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2023-10-23
Updated:
2023-10-23

RHSA-2023:6020 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: varnish:6 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for the varnish:6 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

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

Varnish Cache is a high-performance HTTP accelerator. It stores web pages in memory so web servers don't have to create the same web page over and over again, giving the website a significant speed up.

Security Fix(es):

  • HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)

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

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2242803 - CVE-2023-44487 HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack)

CVEs

  • CVE-2023-44487

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2023-003
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 329d69a8c9c34354946b6f8dbfcbf9174897845c70efab0f8b34fbf7ec776ef3
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.src.rpm SHA-256: 4ebfe062040be919d50f2878a1a35f8990a676c8e210ee2c64ce31e447eda88c
x86_64
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5d9bb2eac87fedccfd7e99ac21a1ff71f21a53bc878132a4d710502e2420dca6
varnish-devel-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d787887629bd144729b2bd0da424b3c9f4fe9cf9eb02924cfd989b16b60c4a18
varnish-docs-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 419bd2c9b0bf87af6495e85e3cc15de14489a75c36308b1da37390b5e09fe96c
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 221f156f879f6969b2af2f2ccccba211ceb121381d01ac5409e6a7da963d6bfb
varnish-modules-debuginfo-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36af9dc02305d588e625d62a337c3a461722cd7205496ec3335589b20482ecc1
varnish-modules-debugsource-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 31eae30e8f83b9332500cbb394b84dce0ff9eea218040b7e76f157d24a2a7a71

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6

SRPM
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 329d69a8c9c34354946b6f8dbfcbf9174897845c70efab0f8b34fbf7ec776ef3
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.src.rpm SHA-256: 4ebfe062040be919d50f2878a1a35f8990a676c8e210ee2c64ce31e447eda88c
x86_64
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5d9bb2eac87fedccfd7e99ac21a1ff71f21a53bc878132a4d710502e2420dca6
varnish-devel-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d787887629bd144729b2bd0da424b3c9f4fe9cf9eb02924cfd989b16b60c4a18
varnish-docs-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 419bd2c9b0bf87af6495e85e3cc15de14489a75c36308b1da37390b5e09fe96c
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 221f156f879f6969b2af2f2ccccba211ceb121381d01ac5409e6a7da963d6bfb
varnish-modules-debuginfo-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36af9dc02305d588e625d62a337c3a461722cd7205496ec3335589b20482ecc1
varnish-modules-debugsource-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 31eae30e8f83b9332500cbb394b84dce0ff9eea218040b7e76f157d24a2a7a71

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 329d69a8c9c34354946b6f8dbfcbf9174897845c70efab0f8b34fbf7ec776ef3
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.src.rpm SHA-256: 4ebfe062040be919d50f2878a1a35f8990a676c8e210ee2c64ce31e447eda88c
s390x
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ecf830fe9205b532584a11d7c5009b4739fbe0302fd9d7b69abac83ff4e19160
varnish-devel-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d321bd9da0964bbdd3bcd1e66bd9afefcae2e7ebd4af2835c2b1f0d8412d9e2f
varnish-docs-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 488974df8a9f2a84217a5920da19deae3da03e2bb8df4f990e4a97ee81f761ff
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8166d71b6b85155f105a10550f19e93b96c377e2f613f4c4c26e9a6758773512
varnish-modules-debuginfo-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0f4a76a6f8c26c1128375e361cb97d2c886ade9bd6eb6d2da780b3e6f72fd64c
varnish-modules-debugsource-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1118d2b495c331ac4a89d807e4278185625aa4fabff1efb6526678418e40ce3b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 329d69a8c9c34354946b6f8dbfcbf9174897845c70efab0f8b34fbf7ec776ef3
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.src.rpm SHA-256: 4ebfe062040be919d50f2878a1a35f8990a676c8e210ee2c64ce31e447eda88c
ppc64le
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 95ab4428957912ca1c08ec742f0b1f9581c2b8e352d4d5923acd71ca0f9a5d1a
varnish-devel-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a99b4999fb2b7280a13eebcb524e83aa962b99d88573c46cb751d5991474df0b
varnish-docs-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5519c8bc12ce37f2554917bae7e2b092827bbbd30ebe7bf0894c3e9d507916c4
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5aa000a67dbaea78f3c7e06e3e47cb6d5ed27466e64e7cbd6e375d4ac30f5dc4
varnish-modules-debuginfo-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e4cffa9afc9e318c18dcca237772c2237c8b08717ab56dda529d94d1772abafc
varnish-modules-debugsource-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6535f94cd88b59b197081f74ea87859289d8bccb40be675493ad61a79d21214a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6

SRPM
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 329d69a8c9c34354946b6f8dbfcbf9174897845c70efab0f8b34fbf7ec776ef3
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.src.rpm SHA-256: 4ebfe062040be919d50f2878a1a35f8990a676c8e210ee2c64ce31e447eda88c
x86_64
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5d9bb2eac87fedccfd7e99ac21a1ff71f21a53bc878132a4d710502e2420dca6
varnish-devel-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d787887629bd144729b2bd0da424b3c9f4fe9cf9eb02924cfd989b16b60c4a18
varnish-docs-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 419bd2c9b0bf87af6495e85e3cc15de14489a75c36308b1da37390b5e09fe96c
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 221f156f879f6969b2af2f2ccccba211ceb121381d01ac5409e6a7da963d6bfb
varnish-modules-debuginfo-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36af9dc02305d588e625d62a337c3a461722cd7205496ec3335589b20482ecc1
varnish-modules-debugsource-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 31eae30e8f83b9332500cbb394b84dce0ff9eea218040b7e76f157d24a2a7a71

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 329d69a8c9c34354946b6f8dbfcbf9174897845c70efab0f8b34fbf7ec776ef3
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.src.rpm SHA-256: 4ebfe062040be919d50f2878a1a35f8990a676c8e210ee2c64ce31e447eda88c
aarch64
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b73242dea9313e783c354972490dd7ff45d7316575dd6a5f9cb153e0ac2aef88
varnish-devel-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 2ca22be954d04ef19d99d9f011f799662c752e7d3ca4e4268b9d95a485d2627f
varnish-docs-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 41971e6433388b0e0cada8e5af39899ca31b92301d9bb6750f6f9df8e10739e3
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: e882c7096da09ad91dfd556cd565f38e0d35023f5aa0a5233da682fa54df8cf0
varnish-modules-debuginfo-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4278121d0b416246faf799277094abd997146e564413376c11a5893b68a33f33
varnish-modules-debugsource-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a91b9c71657c6474f52e2dd3e4a573d3d8b999b7b0e2135e4febe56db54a7c4a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 329d69a8c9c34354946b6f8dbfcbf9174897845c70efab0f8b34fbf7ec776ef3
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.src.rpm SHA-256: 4ebfe062040be919d50f2878a1a35f8990a676c8e210ee2c64ce31e447eda88c
ppc64le
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 95ab4428957912ca1c08ec742f0b1f9581c2b8e352d4d5923acd71ca0f9a5d1a
varnish-devel-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a99b4999fb2b7280a13eebcb524e83aa962b99d88573c46cb751d5991474df0b
varnish-docs-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5519c8bc12ce37f2554917bae7e2b092827bbbd30ebe7bf0894c3e9d507916c4
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5aa000a67dbaea78f3c7e06e3e47cb6d5ed27466e64e7cbd6e375d4ac30f5dc4
varnish-modules-debuginfo-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e4cffa9afc9e318c18dcca237772c2237c8b08717ab56dda529d94d1772abafc
varnish-modules-debugsource-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6535f94cd88b59b197081f74ea87859289d8bccb40be675493ad61a79d21214a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 329d69a8c9c34354946b6f8dbfcbf9174897845c70efab0f8b34fbf7ec776ef3
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.src.rpm SHA-256: 4ebfe062040be919d50f2878a1a35f8990a676c8e210ee2c64ce31e447eda88c
x86_64
varnish-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5d9bb2eac87fedccfd7e99ac21a1ff71f21a53bc878132a4d710502e2420dca6
varnish-devel-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d787887629bd144729b2bd0da424b3c9f4fe9cf9eb02924cfd989b16b60c4a18
varnish-docs-6.0.8-2.module+el8.6.0+20465+cbb0694f.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 419bd2c9b0bf87af6495e85e3cc15de14489a75c36308b1da37390b5e09fe96c
varnish-modules-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 221f156f879f6969b2af2f2ccccba211ceb121381d01ac5409e6a7da963d6bfb
varnish-modules-debuginfo-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36af9dc02305d588e625d62a337c3a461722cd7205496ec3335589b20482ecc1
varnish-modules-debugsource-0.15.0-6.module+el8.5.0+11976+0b4af72d.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 31eae30e8f83b9332500cbb394b84dce0ff9eea218040b7e76f157d24a2a7a71

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