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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2010.0228
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified and
corrected in Apache HTTP Server
20 October 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Apache
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2010-1623 CVE-2009-3720 CVE-2009-3560
Member content until: Friday, November 19 2010
Reference: ESB-2010.0887
ESB-2010.0739
OVERVIEW
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified and corrected in
Apache HTTP Server prior to version 2.2.17.
IMPACT
The vendor has provided the following details regarding these
vulnerabilities:
"* CVE-2010-1623: Fix a denial of service attack against
apr_brigade_split_line().
* CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720: Fix two buffer over-read flaws in
the bundled copy of expat which could cause applications to crash
while parsing specially-crafted XML documents." [1]
MITIGATION
The vendor recommends upgrading to the latest version of Apache. [1]
REFERENCES
[1] Apache HTTP Server 2.2.17 Released
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.2.html
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