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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200403-04">
+ <title>Multiple security vulnerabilities in Apache 2</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A memory leak in mod_ssl allows a remote denial of service attack against
+ an SSL-enabled server via plain HTTP requests. Another flaw was found when
+ arbitrary client-supplied strings can be written to the error log, allowing
+ the exploit of certain terminal emulators. A third flaw exists with the
+ mod_disk_cache module.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">Apache</product>
+ <announced>2004-03-22</announced>
+ <revised count="03">2007-12-30</revised>
+ <bug>45206</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="www-servers/apache" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="eq">1.3*</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.0.49</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">2.0.48</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an
+ open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems. The goal of this
+ project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that
+ provides services in tune with the current HTTP standards.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Three vulnerabilities were found:
+ </p>
+ <ol>
+ <li>
+ A memory leak in ssl_engine_io.c for mod_ssl in Apache 2.0.48 and below
+ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service attack via plain
+ HTTP requests to the SSL port of an SSL-enabled server.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Apache fails to filter terminal escape sequences from error logs that
+ begin with the ASCII (0x1B) sequence and are followed by a series of
+ arguments. If a remote attacker could inject escape sequences into an
+ Apache error log, the attacker could take advantages of weaknesses in
+ various terminal emulators, launching attacks against remote users
+ including further denial of service attacks, file modification, and the
+ execution of arbitrary commands.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ The Apache mod_disk_cache has been found to be vulnerable to a weakness
+ that allows attackers to gain access to authentication credentials
+ through the issue of caching HTTP hop-by-hop headers which would
+ contain plaintext user passwords. There is no available resolution for
+ this issue yet.
+ </li>
+ </ol>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ No special privileges are required for these vulnerabilities. As a
+ result, all users are recommended to upgrade their Apache
+ installations.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no immediate workaround; a software upgrade is required. There
+ is no workaround for the mod_disk_cache issue; users are recommended to
+ disable the feature on their servers until a patched version is
+ released.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ Users are urged to upgrade to Apache 2.0.49:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+ # emerge -pv "&gt;=www-servers/apache-2.0.49"
+ # emerge "&gt;=www-servers/apache-2.0.49"
+
+ # ** IMPORTANT **
+
+ # If you are migrating from Apache 2.0.48-r1 or earlier versions,
+ # it is important that the following directories are removed.
+
+ # The following commands should cause no data loss since these
+ # are symbolic links.
+
+ # rm /etc/apache2/lib /etc/apache2/logs /etc/apache2/modules
+ # rm /etc/apache2/modules
+
+ # ** ** ** ** **
+
+ # ** ALSO NOTE **
+
+ # Users who use mod_disk_cache should edit their Apache
+ # configuration and disable mod_disk_cache.</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9933/info/">Apache mod_disk_cache authentication storage weakness vulnerability</uri>
+ <uri link="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.html">Apache HTTP Server 2.0.49 Announcement</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0113">CVE-2004-0113</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-05-22T05:52:59Z">
+ DerCorny
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>