| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'mod_ssl' package(s) announced via the SSA:2004-154-01 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
New mod_ssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current
to fix a security issue. The packages were upgraded to mod_ssl-2.8.18-1.3.31
fixing a buffer overflow that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code via a client certificate with a long subject DN, if mod_ssl is
configured to trust the issuing CA. Web sites running mod_ssl should upgrade
to the new set of apache and mod_ssl packages. There are new PHP packages as
well to fix a Slackware-specific local denial-of-service issue (an additional
Slackware advisory SSA:2004-154-02 has been issued for PHP).
More details about the mod_ssl issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
[link moved to references]
Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
Wed Jun 2 11:28:17 PDT 2004
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to
mod_ssl-2.8.18-1.3.31. This fixes a buffer overflow that may allow remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code via a client certificate with a long
subject DN, if mod_ssl is configured to trust the issuing CA:
*) Fix buffer overflow in 'SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth' implementation
if the Subject-DN in the client certificate exceeds 6KB in length.
For more details, see:
[link moved to references]
(* Security fix *)
Other changes: Make the sample keys .new so as not to overwrite existing
server keys. However, any existing mod_ssl package will have these listed
as non-config files, and will still remove and replace these upon upgrade.
You'll have to save your config files one more time... sorry).
+--------------------------+
Affected Software/OS:
'mod_ssl' package(s) on Slackware 8.1, Slackware 9.0, Slackware 9.1, Slackware current.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
7.5
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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