59 lines
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59 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200411-18">
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<title>Apache 2.0: Denial of Service by memory consumption</title>
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<synopsis>
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A flaw in Apache 2.0 could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of
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Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">apache</product>
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<announced>2004-11-10</announced>
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<revised count="02">2007-12-30</revised>
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<bug>70138</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="www-servers/apache" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.0.52-r1</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="lt">2.0</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.0.52-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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The Apache HTTP Server is one of the most popular web servers on the Internet.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Chintan Trivedi discovered a vulnerability in Apache httpd 2.0 that is caused by improper enforcing of the field length limit in the header-parsing code.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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By sending a large amount of specially-crafted HTTP GET requests a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service of the targeted system.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Apache 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/apache-2.0.52-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0942">CAN-2004-0942</uri>
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<uri link="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/security-20">Security vulnerabilities in Apache httpd 2.0</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-11-08T09:58:15Z">
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vorlon078
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-11-09T20:43:00Z">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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