Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20212988
Revision Date:2021-08-02Version:636
Title:RHSA-2021:2988: varnish:6 security update (Important)
Description: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.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2021-36740
    RHSA-2021:2988
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • AND
  • Module varnish:6 is enabled
  • BACK