Synopsis
Moderate: httpd security and bug fix update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Moderate
Topic
Updated httpd packages that resolve several security issues and fix a bug
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
Description
The Apache HTTP Server is a popular Web server.
A flaw was found in the mod_proxy Apache module. An attacker in control of
a Web server to which requests were being proxied could have caused a
limited denial of service due to CPU consumption and stack exhaustion.
(CVE-2008-2364)
A flaw was found in the mod_proxy_ftp Apache module. If Apache was
configured to support FTP-over-HTTP proxying, a remote attacker could have
performed a cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2008-2939)
In addition, these updated packages fix a bug found in the handling of the
"ProxyRemoteMatch" directive in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 httpd
packages. This bug is not present in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5 packages.
Users of httpd should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to correct these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.2 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.2 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 451615 - CVE-2008-2364 httpd: mod_proxy_http DoS via excessive interim responses from the origin server
- BZ - 458250 - CVE-2008-2939 httpd: mod_proxy_ftp globbing XSS
- BZ - 464492 - mod_proxy: ProxyRemoteMatch uses remote proxy if regex does *not* match
CVEs
References
Vulmon