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diff --git a/glsa-200406-05.xml b/glsa-200406-05.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2264a933 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200406-05.xml @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200406-05"> + <title>Apache: Buffer overflow in mod_ssl</title> + <synopsis> + A bug in mod_ssl may allow a remote attacker to execute remote code when + Apache is configured a certain way. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Apache</product> + <announced>June 09, 2004</announced> + <revised>December 30, 2007: 03</revised> + <bug>51368</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-www/mod_ssl" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.8.18</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.8.18</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="www-servers/apache" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="lt">2.0</unaffected> + <unaffected range="ge">2.0.49-r3</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">2.0.49-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Apache is the most popular Web server on the Internet. mod_ssl provides + Secure Sockets Layer encryption and authentication to Apache 1.3. Apache 2 + contains the functionality of mod_ssl. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + A bug in the function ssl_util_uuencode_binary in ssl_util.c may lead to a + remote buffer overflow on a server configured to use FakeBasicAuth that + will trust a client certificate with an issuing CA with a subject DN longer + than 6k. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + Given the right server configuration, an attacker could cause a Denial of + Service or execute code as the user running Apache, usually + "apache". It is thought to be impossible to exploit this to + execute code on the x86 platform, but the possibility for other platforms + is unknown. This does not preclude a DoS on x86 systems. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + A server should not be vulnerable if it is not configured to use + FakeBasicAuth and to trust a client CA with a long subject DN. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + Apache 1.x users should upgrade to the latest version of mod_ssl: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + + # emerge -pv ">=net-www/mod_ssl-2.8.18" + # emerge ">=net-www/mod_ssl-2.8.18"</code> + <p> + Apache 2.x users should upgrade to the latest version of Apache: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + + # emerge -pv ">=www-servers/apache-2.0.49-r3" + # emerge ">=www-servers/apache-2.0.49-r3"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0488">CAN-2004-0488</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter"> + dmargoli + </metadata> +</glsa> |