Issued:
2021-10-14
Updated:
2021-10-14

RHSA-2021:3856 - Important: httpd security update


Synopsis

Important: httpd security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for httpd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Telco Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.

Security Fix(es):

  • httpd: mod_proxy: SSRF via a crafted request uri-path containing "unix:" (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

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-67.el7_4.7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.src.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-67.el7_4.7.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-67.el7_4.7.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-67.el7_4.7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-67.el7_4.7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-45.el7_3.6.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.src.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-40.el7_2.7.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-67.el7_4.7.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-40.el7_2.7.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm
  • httpd-manual-2.4.6-67.el7_4.7.noarch.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-40.el7_2.7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-45.el7_3.6.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-45.el7_3.6.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-40.el7_2.7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-67.el7_4.7.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-45.el7_3.6.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-manual-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-40.el7_2.7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-40.el7_2.7.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.src.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-45.el7_3.6.src.rpm
  • httpd-manual-2.4.6-40.el7_2.7.noarch.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-manual-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.noarch.rpm
  • httpd-manual-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-45.el7_3.6.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-manual-2.4.6-45.el7_3.6.noarch.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-45.el7_3.6.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-40.el7_2.7.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-67.el7_4.7.src.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-40.el7_2.7.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-67.el7_4.7.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
  • httpd-tools-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-45.el7_3.6.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-89.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_session-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-2.4.6-40.el7_2.7.src.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm
  • httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-45.el7_3.6.x86_64.rpm
  • httpd-devel-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • mod_ldap-2.4.6-97.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_ssl-2.4.6-90.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References


Additional information