Finally we got a fix http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-HTTP-Server-2-2-20-fixes-DoS-vulnerability-1333766.html
On 31 August 2011 17:30, Renjith Ravindran <[email protected]> wrote: > wow... thnx for sharing that! :) > > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Siju George <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Hope you must have heard about the latest apache nightmare. >> >> http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/08/apache-killer >> >> http://www.fastcompany.com/1776321/the-biggest-little-threat-to-kill-the-internet-you-didnt-know-about >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/24/devastating_apache_vuln/ >> >> My co-admin run the killer script on some linux servers and within >> seconds all the CPUs turned 100% and the servers started to crawl. >> I made him run it on an Old OpenBSD 4.7 ( released 1.5 years back ) >> webserver and it made no affect! >> Also I found this true of the lastest version of OpenBSd here. >> >> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=131424693000610&w=2 >> >> It seems this was already fixed in the OpenBSD's much before. >> The vulnerability was known since Jan 2007 as you can see from >> >> http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Jan/83 >> >> I wonder why Apache developers or any Linux vendor fix it. >> >> I guess for any critical Apache services it is better to run the >> OpenBSD's patched version that comes along with the OS. >> Years back one of the OpenBSD developers told that Apache has not >> incorporated many security fixes thay have provided because of very >> silly reasons. >> >> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=108786980513755&w=2 >> >> It is when things like this happens most people think about security! >> >> Thanks >> >> --Siju >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List >> http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ >> http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >> #[email protected] >> > > > > -- > cheers. > Renjith P Ravindran > ---------------------------- > || www.behance.net/renjith || > > Do not go gentle into that good night, Rage, Rage against the dying of the > Light ~ Dylan Thomas > > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > -- Regards Basil Kurian
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