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RLSA-2026:41906 (CVE-2024-42516)

Vulnerability from osv_rocky – Published: 2026-07-22 12:03 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:09 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Important: httpd security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Details

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.

Security Fix(es):

  • httpd: incomplete fix for CVE-2023-38709 (CVE-2024-42516)

  • Apache HTTP Server: mod_rewrite: Apache HTTP Server: Privilege Escalation via .htaccess file manipulation (CVE-2026-24072)

  • httpd: mod_auth_digest: timing attack allows a bypass of digest authentication (CVE-2026-33006)

  • httpd: NULL pointer dereference via specially crafted request (CVE-2026-29169)

  • httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Heap-based Buffer Overflow via malicious backend servers (CVE-2026-34356)

  • httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Buffer Over-read via outbound OCSP requests to attacker-controlled server (CVE-2026-44185)

  • httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Denial of Service via crafted regular expressions (CVE-2026-44631)

  • httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Denial of Service in mod_proxy_ftp via attacker-controlled FTP server (CVE-2026-44186)

  • httpd: Apache httpd mod_dav_fs: Denial of Service due to path handling issue (CVE-2026-42535)

  • httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Heap-based Buffer Overflow via untrusted content in mod_xml2enc (CVE-2026-42536)

  • httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Buffer overflow in mod_proxy_html allows security bypass (CVE-2026-34355)

  • httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Out-of-bounds Read in mod_headers and mod_mime (CVE-2026-43951)

  • httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Local .htaccess authors can read files with httpd user privileges (CVE-2026-44119)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • address Moderate severity issues from httpd 2.4.68 [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-184520)

  • mod_proxy_html regression in CVE-2026-34355 fix [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-192752)

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.

Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Credits
Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
Red Hat
References
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