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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Ubuntu Local Security Checks >> USN23-1 : apache2 vulnerability Vulnerability Assessment Details
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USN23-1 : apache2 vulnerability |
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apache2 vulnerability Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : These remote packages are missing security patches : - apache2 - apache2-common - apache2-doc - apache2-mpm-perchild - apache2-mpm-prefork - apache2-mpm-threadpool - apache2-mpm-worker - apache2-prefork-dev - apache2-threaded-dev - libapr0 - libapr0-dev Description : Chintan Trivedi discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in apache2. The field length limit was not enforced for certain malicious requests. This could permit a remote attacker who is able to send large amounts of data to a server to cause HTTP server instances to consume proportional amounts of memory, which can render the service unavailable. Solution : Upgrade to : - apache2-2.0.50-12ubuntu4.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - apache2-common-2.0.50-12ubuntu4.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - apache2-doc-2.0.50-12ubuntu4.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - apache2-mpm-perchild-2.0.50-12ubuntu4.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - apache2-mpm-prefork-2.0.50-12ubuntu4.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - apache2-mpm-threadpool-2.0.50-12ubuntu4.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - apache2-mpm-worker-2.0.50-12ubuntu4.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - apache2-prefork-dev-2.0.50-12ubuntu4.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - apache2-threaded-dev-2.0.50-12ubuntu4.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libapr0-2.0.50-12ubun [...] Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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