Synopsis
Important: rh-perl524-mod_perl security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for rh-perl524-mod_perl is now available for Red Hat Software Collections.
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
Mod_perl incorporates a Perl interpreter into the Apache web server, such that the Apache HTTP server can directly execute Perl code.
Security Fix(es):
- mod_perl: arbitrary Perl code execution in the context of the user account via a user-owned .htaccess (CVE-2011-2767)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, 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
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.6 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.5 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.4 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.3 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.7 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1623265 - CVE-2011-2767 mod_perl: arbitrary Perl code execution in the context of the user account via a user-owned .htaccess
CVEs
References
Vulmon