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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200411-18.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200411-18">
<title>Apache 2.0: Denial of Service by memory consumption</title>
<synopsis>
A flaw in Apache 2.0 could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of
Service.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">apache</product>
<announced>November 10, 2004</announced>
<revised>December 30, 2007: 02</revised>
<bug>70138</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="www-servers/apache" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.0.52-r1</unaffected>
<unaffected range="lt">2.0</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.0.52-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
The Apache HTTP Server is one of the most popular web servers on the Internet.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
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.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
By sending a large amount of specially-crafted HTTP GET requests a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service of the targeted system.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Apache 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/apache-2.0.52-r1"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0942">CAN-2004-0942</uri>
<uri link="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/security-20">Security vulnerabilities in Apache httpd 2.0</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:58:15 +0000">
vorlon078
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:43:00 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
</glsa>