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USN23-1 : apache2 vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary 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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