| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to httpd
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-6393.
The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible
web server.
Update Information:
This update includes the latest release of httpd 2.2. Two security issues are
fixed in this update: A flaw was found in the handling of excessive interim
responses from an origin server when using mod_proxy_http. In a forward proxy
configuration, if a user of the proxy could be tricked into visiting a malicious
web server, the proxy could be forced into consuming a large amount of stack or
heap memory. This could lead to an eventual process crash due to stack space
exhaustion. A flaw was found in the handling of compression structures
between mod_ssl and OpenSSL. A remote attacker enabling compression in an SSL
handshake could cause a memory leak in the server, leading to a denial of
service.
ChangeLog:
* Fri May 23 2008 Dennis Gilmore - 2.2.8-3.1
- minor rebuild for sparc
References:
[ 1 ] Bug #447268 - CVE-2008-1678 httpd: mod_ssl per-connection memory leak for connections with zlib compression
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447268
[ 2 ] Bug #451615 - CVE-2008-2364 httpd: mod_proxy_http DoS via excessive interim responses from the origin server
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451615
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
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/.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-6393
Risk factor : Medium
CVSS Score:
5.0
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