SB2019080813 - Red Hat update for httpd
Published: August 8, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019080813
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0217)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to impersonate other users.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the mod_auth_digests module. A remote authenticated attacker can send a series of requests and impersonate other users under a threaded MPM.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0220)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to the web server does not merge consecutive slashes in URLs, that can lead to incorrect processing of requests when accessing CGI programs. Such web server behavior may lead to security restrictions bypass.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.