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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201309-12 ] Apache HTTP Server: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:44:26
Message-Id: 5240D1F5.90205@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201309-12
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Apache HTTP Server: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: September 23, 2013
10 Bugs: #275645, #438680, #466502, #476568
11 ID: 201309-12
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache HTTP Server,
19 possibly allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, cause a
20 Denial of Service condition or perform man-in-the-middle attacks.
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22 Background
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25 Apache HTTP Server is one of the most popular web servers on the
26 Internet.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 www-servers/apache < 2.2.25 >= 2.2.25
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apache HTTP Server. Please
40 review the CVE identifiers and research paper referenced below for
41 details.
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43 Impact
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46 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to possibly
47 execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, or obtain sensitive
48 information.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All Apache HTTP Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/apache-2.2.25"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6750
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-6750
68 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-4929
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4929
70 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-1862
71 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1862
72 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-1896
73 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1896
74 [ 5 ] Compression and Information Leakage of Plaintext
75 http://www.iacr.org/cryptodb/archive/2002/FSE/3091/3091.pdf
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77 Availability
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80 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
81 the Gentoo Security Website:
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83 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-12.xml
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85 Concerns?
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88 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
89 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
90 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
91 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
92 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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94 License
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97 Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
98 belongs to its owner(s).
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100 The contents of this document are licensed under the
101 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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103 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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