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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2004.0413 -- RHSA-2004:245-01 Updated httpd and mod_ssl packages fix minor Apache security vulnerabilities 16 June 2004 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Apache HTTP Server Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 Linux variants Impact: Reduced Security Access Required: Remote CVE Names: CAN-2004-0492 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated httpd and mod_ssl packages fix minor Apache security vulnerabilities Advisory ID: RHSA-2004:245-01 Issue date: 2004-06-14 Updated on: 2004-06-14 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Keywords: Apache httpd ASF mod_ssl mod_proxy FakeBasicAuth Cross references: Obsoletes: RHBA-2004:101 CVE Names: CAN-2004-0488 CAN-2004-0492 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated httpd and mod_ssl packages that fix minor security issues in the Apache Web server are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386 3. Problem description: The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and freely-available Web server. A buffer overflow was found in the Apache proxy module, mod_proxy, which can be triggered by receiving an invalid Content-Length header. In order to exploit this issue, an attacker would need an Apache installation that was configured as a proxy to connect to a malicious site. This would cause the Apache child processing the request to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0492 to this issue. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms Red Hat believes this issue cannot lead to remote code execution. This issue also does not represent a Denial of Service attack as requests will continue to be handled by other Apache child processes. A stack buffer overflow was discovered in mod_ssl which can be triggered if using the FakeBasicAuth option. If mod_ssl is sent a client certificate with a subject DN field longer than 6000 characters, a stack overflow can occur if FakeBasicAuth has been enabled. In order to exploit this issue the carefully crafted malicious certificate would have to be signed by a Certificate Authority which mod_ssl is configured to trust. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0488 to this issue. This update also fixes a DNS handling bug in mod_proxy. The mod_auth_digest module is now included in the Apache package and should be used instead of mod_digest for sites requiring Digest authentication. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 users of the Apache HTTP Server should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contains Apache version 1.3.27 with backported patches correcting these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be downloaded directly from the RHN website: https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 125704 - CAN-2004-0492 mod_proxy buffer overflow 122637 - mod_proxy does reverse DNS lookups (AS2.1) 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/apache-1.3.27-8.ent.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.src.rpm i386: Available from Red Hat Network: apache-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: apache-devel-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: apache-manual-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.i386.rpm ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: apache-1.3.27-8.ent.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: apache-devel-1.3.27-8.ent.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: apache-manual-1.3.27-8.ent.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.ia64.rpm Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/apache-1.3.27-8.ent.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.src.rpm ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: apache-1.3.27-8.ent.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: apache-devel-1.3.27-8.ent.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: apache-manual-1.3.27-8.ent.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.ia64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/apache-1.3.27-8.ent.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.src.rpm i386: Available from Red Hat Network: apache-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: apache-devel-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: apache-manual-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/apache-1.3.27-8.ent.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.src.rpm i386: Available from Red Hat Network: apache-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: apache-devel-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: apache-manual-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.i386.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6aaeefcc251c69d6e0f5b2f65a3d8d8b apache-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm fd3824f33645c995f4051ea1c5443af8 apache-1.3.27-8.ent.ia64.rpm 907752ff24d8cad085b50668746b6126 apache-1.3.27-8.ent.src.rpm 51915eba50827a2c433cfbdc6b8cbba1 apache-devel-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm 35fc4104a5c5b2980faff3beda26b020 apache-devel-1.3.27-8.ent.ia64.rpm 4cae1b4448aa91f86b151bfc4a1131bf apache-manual-1.3.27-8.ent.i386.rpm 2c5dd25e15b85b04858337f528ce3188 apache-manual-1.3.27-8.ent.ia64.rpm 72981573499af5b48f18bbf4a84db467 mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.i386.rpm 8cd07fc8dfb9e0b3869d1154581d05f3 mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.ia64.rpm d601db52fb2edfbe69dcf3bc953929b8 mod_ssl-2.8.12-4.src.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available from https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig -v <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: md5sum <filename> 8. References: http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/04-06-11#security http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0488 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0492 9. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. 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