DSA-3980-1 apache2 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3980-1 apache2 -- security update

Date Reported:

20 Sep 2017

Affected Packages:

apache2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 876109.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-9798.

More information:

Hanno Boeck discovered that incorrect parsing of Limit directives of .htaccess files by the Apache HTTP Server could result in memory disclosure.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.10-10+deb8u11.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.25-3+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your apache2 packages.