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Fedora Core 4 2005-849: httpd

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the httpd package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2005-849 (httpd).

The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and
freely-available Web server. The Apache HTTP Server is also the
most popular Web server on the Internet.

Update Information:

This update includes two security fixes. An issue was
discovered in mod_ssl where 'SSLVerifyClient require' would
not be honoured in location context if the virtual host had
'SSLVerifyClient optional' configured (CVE-2005-2700). An
issue was discovered in memory consumption of the byterange
filter for dynamic resources such as PHP or CGI script
(CVE-2005-2728).

Solution : Get the newest Fedora Updates
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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