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High RLSA-2021:2988 1 CVE

Important: varnish:6 security update

Published Aug 2, 2021 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

Varnish Cache is a high-performance HTTP accelerator. It stores web pages in memory so web servers don't have to create the same web page over and over again, giving the website a significant speed up.

Security Fix(es):

* varnish: HTTP/2 request smuggling attack via a large Content-Length header for a POST request (CVE-2021-36740)

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.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 varnish 0:6.0.6-2.module+el8.3.0+179+20b582cc
Rocky Linux · 8 varnish-modules 0:0.15.0-5.module+el8.3.0+179+20b582cc

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1982409