rhsa-2019_2950
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2019-10-01 11:46
Modified
2024-11-13 22:09
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 SP3 security update

Notes

Topic
Red Hat JBoss Core Services Pack Apache Server 2.4.29 Service Pack 3 packages for RHEL 6, RHEL 7, Microsoft Windows and Oracle Solaris are now available. Red Hat Product Security has rated this release 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.
Details
This release adds the new Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 Service Pack 3 packages that are part of the JBoss Core Services offering. This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 SP2, and includes security and bug fixes. Refer to the Release Notes for information on the component upgrades included in this release. 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.
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