SB2024072442 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the httpd:2.4 module
Published: July 24, 2024 Updated: May 1, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38474)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in mod_rewrite when parsing encoded question marks in backreferences. A remote attacker can execute scripts in directories permitted by the configuration but not directly reachable by any URL or source disclosure of scripts meant to only to be executed as CGI.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38475)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in mod_rewrite when first segment of substitution matches filesystem path. A remote attacker can map URLs to filesystem locations that are permitted to be served by the server but are not intentionally/directly reachable by any URL and view contents of files or execute arbitrary code.
3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38477)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in mod_proxy. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the web server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0009)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper access and privileges controls. A remote attacker can bypass the firewall to access resources on the target network when firewall rules are configured for custom application UUIDs that start with a zero.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.