[OpenPKG-SA-2002.009] OpenPKG Security Advisory (apache)

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Date: Fri Oct 04 2002 - 12:53:45 PDT

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    OpenPKG Security Advisory                            The OpenPKG Project
    http://www.openpkg.org/security.html              http://www.openpkg.org
    openpkg-securityat_private                         openpkgat_private
    OpenPKG-SA-2002.009                                          04-Oct-2002
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    Package:             apache
    Vulnerability:       denial of service
    OpenPKG Specific:    no
    
    Affected  Releases:  OpenPKG 1.0             OpenPKG 1.1
    Affected  Packages:  <= apache-1.3.22-1.0.4  <= apache-1.3.26-1.1.0
    Corrected Packages:  >= apache-1.3.22-1.0.5  >= apache-1.3.26-1.1.1
    Dependent Packages:  none                    none
    
    Description:
      According to the Apache HTTP Server Project [1][2], there are
      several remotely exploitable vulnerabilities which could allow an
      attacker to enact a denial of service against a server. The Common
      Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project identified the following
      three vulnerabilities:
      
      1. CAN-2002-0839 [3]: A vulnerability exists on platforms using System
      V shared memory based scoreboards. This vulnerability allows an
      attacker who can execute under the Apache UID to exploit the Apache
      shared memory scoreboard format and send a signal to any process as
      root or cause a local denial of service attack.
    
      2. CAN-2002-0840 [4]: Apache is susceptible to a cross site scripting
      vulnerability in the default 404 page of any web server hosted on a
      domain that allows wildcard DNS lookups.
    
      3. CAN-2002-0843 [5]: There were some possible overflows in the
      utility ApacheBench (ab) which could be exploited by a malicious
      server.
    
      Please check whether you are affected by running "<prefix>/bin/rpm -q
      apache". If you have an affected version of the "apache" package (see
      above), upgrade it according to the solution below. Remember to also
      rebuild and reinstall any dependent OpenPKG packages. [6]
    
    Solution:
      Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release
      [7][9], fetch it from the OpenPKG FTP service [8][10] or a mirror
      location, verify its integrity [11], build a corresponding binary RPM
      from it and update your OpenPKG installation by finally installing
      the binary RPM [6]. For the latest OpenPKG 1.1 release, perform the
      following operations to permanently fix the security problem (for
      other releases adjust accordingly).
    
      $ ftp ftp.openpkg.org
      ftp> bin
      ftp> cd release/1.1/UPD
      ftp> get apache-1.3.26-1.1.1.src.rpm
      ftp> bye
      $ <prefix>/bin/rpm --checksig apache-1.3.26-1.1.1.src.rpm
      $ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild apache-1.3.26-1.1.1.src.rpm
      $ su -
      # <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/apache-1.3.26-1.1.1.*.rpm
      # <prefix>/etc/rc apache stop start
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    References:
      [1]  http://httpd.apache.org/
      [2]  http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html
      [3]  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0839
      [4]  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0840
      [5]  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0843
      [6]  http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
      [7]  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.1/UPD/apache-1.3.26-1.1.1.src.rpm
      [8]  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.1/UPD/
      [9]  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.0/UPD/apache-1.3.22-1.0.5.src.rpm
      [10] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.0/UPD/
      [11] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature
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