Topic
Updated Apache packages that fix a minor security issue are now available
for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3.
Description
The Apache HTTP server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and
freely-available Web server.
An issue in the handling of regular expressions from configuration files
was discovered in releases of the Apache HTTP Server version 1.3 prior to
1.3.29. To exploit this issue an attacker would need to have the ability
to write to Apache configuration files such as .htaccess or httpd.conf. A
carefully-crafted configuration file can cause an exploitable buffer
overflow and would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the
context of the server (in default configurations as the 'apache' user).
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2003-0542 to this issue.
All users of the Apache HTTP Web Server are advised to upgrade to the
applicable errata packages, which contain back-ported fixes correcting
this issue.
Affected Channels
Red Hat Linux 7.1 i386
Red Hat Linux 7.2 i386
Red Hat Linux 7.2 ia64
Red Hat Linux 7.3 i386
Fixes
CAN-2003-0542 Local buffer overflow in mod_alias, mod_rewrite
Keywords
Apache, ASF, httpd
CVEs
CAN-2003-0542
References
http://www.apacheweek.com/features/security-13.html
Notes
(none)
Updated Apache packages that fix a minor security issue are now available
for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3.
Description
The Apache HTTP server is a powerful, full-featured, efficient, and
freely-available Web server.
An issue in the handling of regular expressions from configuration files
was discovered in releases of the Apache HTTP Server version 1.3 prior to
1.3.29. To exploit this issue an attacker would need to have the ability
to write to Apache configuration files such as .htaccess or httpd.conf. A
carefully-crafted configuration file can cause an exploitable buffer
overflow and would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the
context of the server (in default configurations as the 'apache' user).
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2003-0542 to this issue.
All users of the Apache HTTP Web Server are advised to upgrade to the
applicable errata packages, which contain back-ported fixes correcting
this issue.
Affected Channels
Red Hat Linux 7.1 i386
Red Hat Linux 7.2 i386
Red Hat Linux 7.2 ia64
Red Hat Linux 7.3 i386
Fixes
CAN-2003-0542 Local buffer overflow in mod_alias, mod_rewrite
Keywords
Apache, ASF, httpd
CVEs
CAN-2003-0542
References
http://www.apacheweek.com/features/security-13.html
Notes
(none)