Insufficient Session Expiration Affecting httpd:2.4/mod_session package, versions <0:2.4.37-39.module+el8.4.0+9658+b87b2deb


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-HTTPD-4025832
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Jan 2019

Introduced: 22 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-17199  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-613  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 httpd:2.4/mod_session to version 0:2.4.37-39.module+el8.4.0+9658+b87b2deb or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1809.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream httpd:2.4/mod_session package and not the httpd:2.4/mod_session package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Apache HTTP Server 2.4 release 2.4.37 and prior, mod_session checks the session expiry time before decoding the session. This causes session expiry time to be ignored for mod_session_cookie sessions since the expiry time is loaded when the session is decoded.

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