| Revision Date: | 2007-06-26 | Version: | 635 |
| Title: | RHSA-2007:0556: httpd security update (Moderate) |
| Description: | The Apache HTTP Server is a popular Web server.
The Apache HTTP Server did not verify that a process was an Apache child process before sending it signals. A local attacker with the ability to run scripts on the Apache HTTP Server could manipulate the scoreboard and cause arbitrary processes to be terminated which could lead to a denial of service (CVE-2007-3304). This issue is not exploitable on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 if using the default SELinux targeted policy.
A flaw was found in the Apache HTTP Server mod_status module. On sites where the server-status page is publicly accessible and ExtendedStatus is enabled this could lead to a cross-site scripting attack. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux the server-status page is not enabled by default and it is best practice to not make this publicly available. (CVE-2006-5752)
A bug was found in the Apache HTTP Server mod_cache module. On sites where caching is enabled, a remote attacker could send a carefully crafted request that would cause the Apache child process handling that request to crash. This could lead to a denial of service if using a threaded Multi-Processing Module. (CVE-2007-1863)
Users of httpd should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Users should restart Apache after installing this update.
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| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2006-5752
CVE-2007-1863
CVE-2007-3304
RHSA-2007:0556
RHSA-2007:0556-01
RHSA-2007:0556-01
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| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
| Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed OR Package Information
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
AND
httpd is earlier than 0:2.2.3-7.el5
AND httpd is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
httpd-devel is earlier than 0:2.2.3-7.el5
AND httpd-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
httpd-manual is earlier than 0:2.2.3-7.el5
AND httpd-manual is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
mod_ssl is earlier than 1:2.2.3-7.el5
AND mod_ssl is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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