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SUSE alert SUSE-SU-2012:0323-1 (Apache2)

From:  opensuse-security@opensuse.org
To:  opensuse-security-announce@opensuse.org
Subject:  [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0323-1: important: Security update for Apache2
Date:  Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:08:42 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID:  <20120306200842.C15013217A@maintenance.suse.de>
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for Apache2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0323-1 Rating: important References: #736706 #738855 #741243 #743743 Cross-References: CVE-2007-6750 CVE-2012-0031 CVE-2012-0053 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 SLE SDK 10 SP4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available. Description: This update of apache fixes regressions and several security problems: * bnc#741243, CVE-2012-0031: Fixed a scoreboard corruption (shared mem segment) by child causes crash of privileged parent (invalid free()) during shutdown. * bnc#743743,CVE-2012-0053: Fixed an issue in error responses that could expose "httpOnly" cookies when no custom ErrorDocument is specified for status code 400". * bnc#736706, the SSL configuration template suggested weak ciphers * bnc#738855,CVE-2007-6750: The "mod_reqtimeout" module was backported from Apache 2.2.21 to help mitigate the "Slowloris" Denial of Service attack. You need to enable the "mod_reqtimeout" module in your existing apache configuration to make it effective, e.g. in the APACHE_MODULES line in /etc/sysconfig/apache2. Security Issue references: * CVE-2012-0031 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0031 > * CVE-2012-0053 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0053 > * CVE-2007-6750 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6750 > Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64): apache2-2.2.3-16.44.1 apache2-devel-2.2.3-16.44.1 apache2-doc-2.2.3-16.44.1 apache2-example-pages-2.2.3-16.44.1 apache2-prefork-2.2.3-16.44.1 apache2-worker-2.2.3-16.44.1 - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64): apache2-2.2.3-16.44.1 apache2-devel-2.2.3-16.44.1 apache2-doc-2.2.3-16.44.1 apache2-example-pages-2.2.3-16.44.1 apache2-prefork-2.2.3-16.44.1 apache2-worker-2.2.3-16.44.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6750.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0031.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0053.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/736706 https://bugzilla.novell.com/738855 https://bugzilla.novell.com/741243 https://bugzilla.novell.com/743743 http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=1e0c99b... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org


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