Security Vulnerabilities fixed in httpd RHSA-2021:4257

Description

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server. Security Fix(es): httpd: mod_session: NULL pointer dereference when parsing Cookie header (CVE-2021-26690) httpd: Unexpected URL matching with 'MergeSlashes OFF' (CVE-2021-30641) httpd: mod_session: NULL pointer dereference when parsing Cookie header (CVE-2021-26690) httpd: Unexpected URL matching with 'MergeSlashes OFF' (CVE-2021-30641) 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. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section. SolutionFor 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 Applications

httpd

CVE References

CVE-2021-26690 CVE-2021-30641

Other References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4257