Important: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 SP3 security update

Synopsis

Important: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 SP3 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An update is now available for JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 and RHEL 7.

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 links in the References section.

Description

Red Hat JBoss Core Services is a set of supplementary software for Red Hat JBoss middleware products. This software, such as Apache HTTP Server, is common to multiple JBoss middleware products, and is packaged under Red Hat JBoss Core Services to allow for faster distribution of updates, and for a more consistent update experience.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 Service Pack 3 serves as an update to Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29, and includes bug fixes for CVEs which are linked in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

• mod_http2: HTTP/2: 0-length headers leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-9516)
  
• mod_http2: HTTP/2: request for large response leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-9517)
  

Bug Fix(es):

• nghttp2: Rebase to 1.39.2
  

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 JBoss Core Services 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 for RHEL 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1741864 - CVE-2019-9516 HTTP/2: 0-length headers lead to denial of service
• BZ - 1741868 - CVE-2019-9517 HTTP/2: request for large response leads to denial of service

CVEs

• CVE-2019-9516
• CVE-2019-9517

References

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