| Description: | Updated httpd packages that fix two security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.The Apache HTTP Server is a popular and freely-available Web server.A flaw was found in the handling of compression structures between mod_ssland OpenSSL. If too many connections were opened in a short period of time,all system memory and swap space would be consumed by httpd, negativelyimpacting other processes, or causing a system crash. (CVE-2008-1678) |