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From: Thierry Carrez <koon@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200604-08 ] libapreq2: Denial of Service vulnerability
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:47:53
Message-Id: 4443D18F.1080701@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200604-08
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: libapreq2: Denial of Service vulnerability
9 Date: April 17, 2006
10 Bugs: #128610
11 ID: 200604-08
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability has been reported in libapreq2 which could lead to a
19 Denial of Service.
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21 Background
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24 libapreq is a shared library with associated modules for manipulating
25 client request data via the Apache API.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-apache/libapreq2 < 2.07 >= 2.07
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35 Description
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38 A vulnerability has been reported in the apreq_parse_headers() and
39 apreq_parse_urlencoded() functions of Apache2::Request.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could possibly exploit the vulnerability to cause a
45 Denial of Service by CPU consumption.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All libapreq2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/libapreq2-2.07"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0042
64 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0042
65 [ 2 ] libapreq2 Changes
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67 http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/httpd/apreq/tags/v2_07/CHANGES?rev=376998&view=markup
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200604-08.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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