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Medium RLSA-2021:4257 2 CVEs

Moderate: httpd:2.4 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Nov 9, 2021 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

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)

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 Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 httpd 0:2.4.37-41.module+el8.5.0+695+1fa8055e
Rocky Linux · 8 mod_http2 0:1.15.7-3.module+el8.4.0+553+7a69454b
Rocky Linux · 8 mod_http2 0:1.15.7-3.module+el8.5.0+695+1fa8055e
Rocky Linux · 8 mod_md 1:2.0.8-8.module+el8.5.0+695+1fa8055e
Rocky Linux · 8 mod_md 1:2.0.8-8.module+el8.4.0+553+7a69454b

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1905613
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1934741
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1935742
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1937334
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1952557
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1966729
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1966743