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

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<!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>