EasyApache 4 March 29 Maintenance and Security Release

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cPanel, L.L.C. has released a security update for EasyApache 4! Take a look at some highlights below, and then join us on the cPanel Community Forums, Discord, or Reddit to talk about this update and much more. If you have additional questions, feel free to reach out on one of our social channels.

• scl-sourceguardian
  • EA-11314: Update scl-sourceguardian from v14.0.1 to v14.0.2
• libcurl
  • EA-11303: Update libcurl from v7.88.1 to v8.0.1
    • CVE-2023-27538: SSH connection too eager reuse still
      CVE-2023-27537: HSTS double-free
      CVE-2023-27536: GSS delegation too eager connection re-use
      CVE-2023-27535: FTP too eager connection reuse
      CVE-2023-27534: SFTP path ~ resolving discrepancy
• ea-nginx
  • EA-11298: Do not log microseconds to bytes log
• ea-apache2-config
  • EA-11222: Remove ancient MSIE SSL keepalive hack

SUMMARY

cPanel, L.L.C. has updated packages for EasyApache 4 with libcurl version 8.0.1. This release addresses vulnerabilities related to CVE-2023-27538, CVE-2023-27537, CVE-2023-27536, CVE-2023-27533, and CVE-2023-27534. We strongly encourage all libcurl users to upgrade to version 8.0.1.

AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of libcurl through 8.0.0.

SECURITY RATING
The National Vulnerability Database (NIST) has given the following severity ratings to these CVEs:

CVE-2023-27538 – MEDIUM
libcurl 8.0.1
Fixed vulnerability related to CVE-2023-27538.

CVE-2023-27537 – MEDIUM
libcurl 8.0.1
Fixed vulnerability related to CVE-2023-27537.

CVE-2023-27536 – MEDIUM
libcurl 8.0.1
Fixed vulnerability related to CVE-2023-27536.

CVE-2023-27535 – MEDIUM
libcurl 8.0.1
Fixed vulnerability related to CVE-2023-27535.

CVE-2023-27534 – MEDIUM
libcurl 8.0.1
Fixed vulnerability related to CVE-2023-27534.

SOLUTION
cPanel, L.L.C. has released updated packages for EasyApache 4 on March 29, 2023, with libcurl version 8.0.1. Unless you have enabled automatic package updates in your cron, update your system with either your package manager or WHM’s Run System Update interface.

REFERENCES
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27538
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27537
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27536
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27535
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27534
https://curl.se/docs/security.html

https://news.cpanel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EA4-2023-3-29-CVE.signed.txt

Information about all releases this year can be found in the 2023 EasyApache 4 Changelog and the EasyApache 4 Release Notes. You can also sign up for our EasyApache Development and EasyApache Production mailing lists to see when updates are pushed for our RPMs, letting you know ahead of time what will be updated in each EasyApache release.