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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200210-002 |
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PACKAGE : apache |
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SUMMARY : shared memory scoreboard vulnerabilities |
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EXPLOIT : local |
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DATE : 2002-10-15 08:25 UTC |
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Apache HTTP Server contains a vulnerability in its shared memory |
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scoreboard. Attackers who can execute commands under the Apache |
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UID can either send a (SIGUSR1) signal to any process as root, in |
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most cases killing the process, or launch a local denial of service (DoS) |
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attack. |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://www.idefense.com/advisory/10.03.02.txt |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-www/apache-1.3.26-r4 and earlier update their systems |
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as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge apache |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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