Important: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 SP1 security update

Synopsis

Important: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 SP1 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

Red Hat JBoss Core Services Pack Apache Server 2.4.29 Service Pack 1 packages for Microsoft Windows and Oracle Solaris are now available.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this release 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 2.4.29 Service Pack 1 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 2.4.29, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. Refer
to the Release Notes for information on the most significant bug fixes,
enhancements and component upgrades included in this release.

Security Fix(es):

  • db4: libdb: Reads DB_CONFIG from the current working directory (CVE-2017-10140)
  • httpd: DoS for HTTP/2 connections by continuous SETTINGS (CVE-2018-11763)
  • httpd: Weak Digest auth nonce generation in mod_auth_digest (CVE-2018-1312)
  • httpd: Out of bound access after failure in reading the HTTP request (CVE-2018-1301)
  • httpd: Use-after-free on HTTP/2 stream shutdown (CVE-2018-1302)
  • httpd: bypass with a trailing newline in the file name (CVE-2017-15715)
  • httpd: Out of bound write in mod_authnz_ldap when using too small Accept-Language values (CVE-2017-15710)
  • httpd: Out of bounds read in mod_cache_socache can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CVE-2018-1303)
  • httpd: Improper handling of headers in mod_session can allow a remote user to modify session data for CGI applications (CVE-2018-1283)
  • httpd: mod_http2: too much time allocated to workers, possibly leading to DoS (CVE-2018-1333)
  • mod_jk: connector path traversal due to mishandled HTTP requests in httpd (CVE-2018-11759)
  • nghttp2: Null pointer dereference when too large ALTSVC frame is received (CVE-2018-1000168)
  • openssl: Handling of crafted recursive ASN.1 structures can cause a stack overflow and resulting denial of service (CVE-2018-0739)

Details around this issue, including information about the CVE, severity of
the issue, and the CVSS score can be found on the CVE page listed in the
Reference section below.

The CVE-2018-1000168 issue was discovered by The Nghttp2 Project.

Solution

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update). Before applying the update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Core Services installation (including all applications and configuration files).

Affected Products

  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1464032 - CVE-2017-10140 libdb: Reads DB_CONFIG from the current working directory
  • BZ - 1560395 - CVE-2018-1283 httpd: Improper handling of headers in mod_session can allow a remote user to modify session data for CGI applications
  • BZ - 1560399 - CVE-2018-1303 httpd: Out of bounds read in mod_cache_socache can allow a remote attacker to cause DoS
  • BZ - 1560599 - CVE-2017-15710 httpd: Out of bounds write in mod_authnz_ldap when using too small Accept-Language values
  • BZ - 1560614 - CVE-2017-15715 httpd: <FilesMatch> bypass with a trailing newline in the file name
  • BZ - 1560625 - CVE-2018-1302 httpd: Use-after-free on HTTP/2 stream shutdown
  • BZ - 1560634 - CVE-2018-1312 httpd: Weak Digest auth nonce generation in mod_auth_digest
  • BZ - 1560643 - CVE-2018-1301 httpd: Out of bounds access after failure in reading the HTTP request
  • BZ - 1561266 - CVE-2018-0739 openssl: Handling of crafted recursive ASN.1 structures can cause a stack overflow and resulting denial of service
  • BZ - 1565035 - CVE-2018-1000168 nghttp2: Null pointer dereference when too large ALTSVC frame is received
  • BZ - 1605048 - CVE-2018-1333 httpd: mod_http2: Too much time allocated to workers, possibly leading to DoS
  • BZ - 1633399 - CVE-2018-11763 httpd: DoS for HTTP/2 connections by continuous SETTINGS frames
  • BZ - 1645589 - CVE-2018-11759 mod_jk: connector path traversal due to mishandled HTTP requests in httpd

CVEs

References