DSA-1131-1 apache -- buffer overflow

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-3747  

Mark Dowd discovered a buffer overflow in the mod_rewrite component of apache, a versatile high-performance HTTP server. In some situations a remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.33-6sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed shortly. We recommend that you upgrade your apache package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1131-1 apache -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
01 Aug 2006
Affected Packages:
apache
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 380231.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-3747.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#395412.
More information:

Mark Dowd discovered a buffer overflow in the mod_rewrite component of apache, a versatile high-performance HTTP server. In some situations a remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.33-6sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed shortly.

We recommend that you upgrade your apache package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2.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_1.3.33-6sarge2_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-doc_1.3.33-6sarge2_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-utils_1.3.33-6sarge2_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_sparc.deb

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