Important: httpd:2.4 security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-22720  

Synopsis

Important: httpd:2.4 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 httpd:2.4 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 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

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

Security Fix(es):

  • httpd: Errors encountered during the discarding of request body lead to HTTP request smuggling (CVE-2022-22720)

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2064321 - CVE-2022-22720 httpd: Errors encountered during the discarding of request body lead to HTTP request smuggling