Security update for apache2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0504-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-17189 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-17189 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-17189 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-17199 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-17199 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Server Applications Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for apache2 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-17189: Fixed a denial of service in mod_http2, via slow and unneeded request bodies (bsc#1122838)
  • CVE-2018-17199: Fixed that mod_session_cookie did not respect expiry time (bsc#1122839)

Non-security issue fixed:

  • sysconfig.d is not created anymore if it already exists (bsc#1121086)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Server Applications Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2019-504=1

Package List:

  • Server Applications Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • apache2-devel-2.4.33-3.9.7
    • apache2-utils-2.4.33-3.9.7
    • apache2-worker-2.4.33-3.9.7
    • apache2-2.4.33-3.9.7
    • apache2-debugsource-2.4.33-3.9.7
    • apache2-utils-debuginfo-2.4.33-3.9.7
    • apache2-prefork-2.4.33-3.9.7
    • apache2-debuginfo-2.4.33-3.9.7
    • apache2-prefork-debuginfo-2.4.33-3.9.7
    • apache2-worker-debuginfo-2.4.33-3.9.7
  • Server Applications Module 15 (noarch)
    • apache2-doc-2.4.33-3.9.7

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