[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2011:1229-1: important: Security update for apache2

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for apache2

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2011:1229-1

Rating: important

References: #713966 #718106 #719236 #722545

Cross-References: CVE-2011-3192

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3

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An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes

is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

This update fixes several security issues in the Apache2

webserver.

 

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The severe ByteRange remote denial of service attack

(CVE-2011-3192) was fixed, configuration options used by

upstream were added.

 

Introduce new config option: Allow MaxRanges Number

of ranges requested, if exceeded, the complete content is

served. default: 200 0|unlimited: unlimited none: Range

headers are ignored. This option is a backport from 2.2.21.

 

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CVE-2011-0419,CVE-2011-1928: Two fnmatch denial of

service attacks were fixed that could exhaust the servers

memory.

 

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CVE-2010-1623: Another memoryleak was fixed that

could exhaust httpd server memory via unspecified methods.

 

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CVE-2011-3368: This update also includes fixes a fix

for a mod_proxy reverse exposure via RewriteRule or

ProxyPassMatch directives.

 

Security Issue references:

 

* CVE-2011-3192

 

 

Indications:

 

Please install this update.

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (i586 s390x x86_64):

 

apache2-2.2.3-16.32.37.1

apache2-devel-2.2.3-16.32.37.1

apache2-doc-2.2.3-16.32.37.1

apache2-example-pages-2.2.3-16.32.37.1

apache2-prefork-2.2.3-16.32.37.1

apache2-worker-2.2.3-16.32.37.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3192.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/713966

https://bugzilla.novell.com/718106

https://bugzilla.novell.com/719236

https://bugzilla.novell.com/722545

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=93f3f0fb2aeae6252ba07a3f17184bb0

 

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