DSA-803-1 apache -- programming error

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2005-2088  

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Apache web server. When it is acting as an HTTP proxy, it allows remote attackers to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct cross-site scripting attacks, which causes Apache to incorrectly handle and forward the body of the request. The fix for this bug is contained in the apache-common package which means that there isn't any need for a separate update of the apache-perl and apache-ssl package. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.26-0woody7. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.33-6sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.33-8. We recommend that you upgrade your Apache package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-803-1 apache -- programming error

Date Reported:
08 Sep 2005
Affected Packages:
apache
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 322607.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2088.
More information:

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Apache web server. When it is acting as an HTTP proxy, it allows remote attackers to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct cross-site scripting attacks, which causes Apache to incorrectly handle and forward the body of the request.

The fix for this bug is contained in the apache-common package which means that there isn't any need for a separate update of the apache-perl and apache-ssl package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.26-0woody7.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.33-6sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.33-8.

We recommend that you upgrade your Apache package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-doc_1.3.26-0woody7_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.26-0woody7_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.26-0woody7_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.26-0woody7_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.33-6sarge1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-doc_1.3.33-6sarge1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-utils_1.3.33-6sarge1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.