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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201904-20 ] Apache: Privilege escalation
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 23:40:21
Message-Id: 20190422232845.GC32445@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201904-20
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Apache: Privilege escalation
9 Date: April 22, 2019
10 Bugs: #682306
11 ID: 201904-20
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in Apache might allow an attacker to escalate
19 privileges.
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21 Background
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24 The Apache HTTP server is one of the most popular web servers on the
25 Internet.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-servers/apache < 2.4.39 >= 2.4.39
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35 Description
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38 A vulnerability was discovered in Apache with MPM event, worker, or
39 prefork.
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41 Impact
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44 An attacker could escalate privileges.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All Apache users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/apache-2.4.39"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-0211
63 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0211
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65 Availability
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68 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
69 the Gentoo Security Website:
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71 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-20
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73 Concerns?
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76 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
77 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
78 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
79 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
80 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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82 License
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85 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
86 belongs to its owner(s).
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88 The contents of this document are licensed under the
89 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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91 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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