-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-8812 2009-08-20 20:33:58 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : httpd Product : Fedora 11 Version : 2.2.13 Release : 1.fc11 URL : http://httpd.apache.org/ Summary : Apache HTTP Server Description : The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This update includes the latest release of the Apache HTTP Server, version 2.2.13, fixing several security issues: * Fix a potential Denial-of-Service attack against mod_deflate or other modules, by forcing the server to consume CPU time in compressing a large file after a client disconnects. (CVE-2009-1891) * Prevent the "Includes" Option from being enabled in an .htaccess file if the AllowOverride restrictions do not permit it. (CVE-2009-1195) * Fix a potential Denial-of-Service attack against mod_proxy in a reverse proxy configuration, where a remote attacker can force a proxy process to consume CPU time indefinitely. (CVE-2009-1890) * mod_proxy_ajp: Avoid delivering content from a previous request which failed to send a request body. (CVE-2009-1191) Many bug fixes are also included; see the upstream changelog for further details: http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Aug 18 2009 Joe Orton <[email protected]> 2.2.13-1 - update to 2.2.13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #509375 - CVE-2009-1890 httpd: mod_proxy reverse proxy DoS (infinite loop) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509375 [ 2 ] Bug #509125 - CVE-2009-1891 httpd: possible temporary DoS (CPU consumption) in mod_deflate https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509125 [ 3 ] Bug #489436 - CVE-2009-1195 AllowOverride Options=IncludesNoExec allows Options Includes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489436 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update httpd' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at http://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-announce mailing list [email protected] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce
