Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: httpd / httpd-debuginfo / httpd-debugsource / httpd-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2021_1809)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 358565

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2021_1809 advisory.

* httpd: mod_session_cookie does not respect expiry time (CVE-2018-17199)

* httpd: mod_proxy_uwsgi buffer overflow (CVE-2020-11984)

* httpd: mod_http2 concurrent pool usage (CVE-2020-11993)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2021_1809.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1809

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1651376

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1668493

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1680118

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1847585

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866563

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866564

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1872828

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1875844

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1891594

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1891829

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1918741

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2021:1809

http://www.nessus.org/u?a06c2814

http://www.nessus.org/u?dcdde818

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 358565

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_1809.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11984

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17199, CVE-2020-11984, CVE-2020-11993