Test ID:	12280
Category:	Misc.
Title:	Apache Connection Blocking Denial of Service
Summary:	Checks for version of Apache
Description:	The remote web server appears to be running a version of Apache that is less that 2.0.49 or 1.3.31. These versions are vulnerable to a denial of service attack where a remote attacker can block new connections to the server by connecting to a listening socket on a rarely accessed port. Solution: Upgrade to Apache 2.0.49 or 1.3.31.
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 9921 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0174 Bugtraq: 20040319 [ANNOUNCE] Apache HTTP Server 2.0.49 Released (fwd) (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=107973894328806&w=2 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101555-1 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108066914830552&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108369640424244&w=2 Bugtraq: 20040512 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.021] OpenPKG Security Advisory (apache) (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108437852004207&w=2 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.529643 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57628-1 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0027 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-22.xml HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT4717 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108731648532365&w=2 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:046 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-405.html CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#132110 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132110 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100110 http://secunia.com/advisories/11170 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9921 http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Mar/1009495.html http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1982 XForce ISS Database: apache-socket-starvation-dos(15540) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/15540
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Scott Shebby

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