metadata/glsa/glsa-200807-06.xml

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<glsa id="200807-06">
  <title>Apache: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache might lead to a Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">apache</product>
  <announced>July 09, 2008</announced>
  <revised>July 09, 2008: 01</revised>
  <bug>222643</bug>
  <bug>227111</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-servers/apache" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.9</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.9</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    The Apache HTTP server is one of the most popular web servers on the
    Internet.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache:
    </p>
    <ul>
    <li>
    Dustin Kirkland reported that the mod_ssl module can leak memory when
    the client reports support for a compression algorithm (CVE-2008-1678).
    </li>
    <li>
    Ryujiro Shibuya reported that the ap_proxy_http_process_response()
    function in the mod_proxy module does not limit the number of forwarded
    interim responses (CVE-2008-2364).
    </li>
    <li>
    sp3x of SecurityReason reported a Cross-Site Request Forgery
    vulnerability in the balancer-manager in the mod_proxy_balancer module
    (CVE-2007-6420).
    </li>
    </ul>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by connecting to
    an Apache httpd, by causing an Apache proxy server to connect to a
    malicious server, or by enticing a balancer administrator to connect to
    a specially-crafted URL, resulting in a Denial of Service of the Apache
    daemon.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Apache users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=www-servers/apache-2.2.9&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6420">CVE-2007-6420</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1678">CVE-2008-1678</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2364">CVE-2008-2364</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:47:39 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:51:04 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:51:13 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
</glsa>