It was discovered that Apache’s mod_cache and mod_dav modules incorrectly handled requests that lacked a path. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted request and cause a denial of service. This issue affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-1452)
It was discovered that Apache did not properly handle memory when destroying APR buckets. A remote attacker could exploit this with crafted requests and cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion. This issue affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 10.10. (CVE-2010-1623)
25 November 2010
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
It was discovered that Apache’s mod_cache and mod_dav modules incorrectly handled requests that lacked a path. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted request and cause a denial of service. This issue affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-1452)
It was discovered that Apache did not properly handle memory when destroying APR buckets. A remote attacker could exploit this with crafted requests and cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion. This issue affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 10.10. (CVE-2010-1623)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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