SB2019050714 - Red Hat update for httpd:2.4

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SB2019050714 - Red Hat update for httpd:2.4

Published: May 7, 2019 Updated: May 7, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019050714
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0211)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists within MPM implementation due to the application does not properly maintain each child's listener bucket number in the scoreboard that may lead to unprivileged code or scripts run by server (e.g. via mod_php) to modify the scoreboard and abuse the privileged main process.

A local user can execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the Apache HTTP Server code process.


2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0215)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists within the mod_ssl module when processing access controls for per-location/per-dir client certificate verification in TLSv1.3. A remote authenticated attacker can gain access to restricted directories on the server.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References