Bug 32194 – apache 1.3.29 fixes security flaw

• Product: Gentoo Security
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Rajiv Aaron Manglani (RETIRED) 2003-10-28 08:31:04 UTC]

from http://httpd.apache.org/dev/dist/Announcement


Apache 1.3.29 Major changes

Security vulnerabilities

* CAN-2003-0542 (cve.mitre.org)
Fix buffer overflows in mod_alias and mod_rewrite which occurred if
one configured a regular expression with more than 9 captures.

[Comment 1 solar (RETIRED) 2003-10-30 07:19:02 UTC]

There's a thread on the mod_ssl user mailing list that suggests the existing
mod_ssl may work with apache 1.3.29

Noted there is mod_ssl 2.8.15 works fine with Apache 1.3.29

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=106743763400003&r=1&w=2

[Comment 2 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-10-30 07:34:27 UTC]

waiting for tomorrow
2.8.16-apache-1.3.29 will be release

[Comment 3 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-11-02 10:55:09 UTC]

1.3.29 is in cvs

[Comment 4 solar (RETIRED) 2003-11-02 15:18:37 UTC]

ok I just bumped the mod_ssl to version mod_ssl-2.8.16 as ~arch

A GLSA can go out for this after some testing has been done. Please test
so it can be marked x86 (not ~arch) ASAP

[Comment 5 petre rodan (RETIRED) 2003-11-05 00:50:20 UTC]

I'm not sure this hepls, but
just merged net-www/apache-1.3.29-r1 and net-www/mod_ssl-2.8.16 on 2 internal
servers and on 2 production servers and no poblems were encountered.
new confs were not used during testing.

tested stuff:
mod_php4, mod_ssl, mod_setenvif, mod_auth, mod_access, mod_rewrite, mod_alias,
mod_actions, mod_cgi, mod_dir, mod_autoindex, mod_include, mod_mime, mod_log_config

[Comment 6 Rajiv Aaron Manglani (RETIRED) 2003-11-21 00:41:17 UTC]

GLSA 200310-03 sent ...

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200310-03
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          PACKAGE : net-www/apache
          SUMMARY : buffer overflow
             DATE : Tue Oct 28 16:43:46 UTC 2003
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <apache-1.3.29
    FIXED VERSION : >=apache-1.3.29
              CVE : CAN-2003-0542 (under review at time of GLSA)

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Quote from <http://httpd.apache.org/dev/dist/Announcement>:

   This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release.
   A partial summary of the bug fixes is given at the end of this document.
   A full listing of changes can be found in the CHANGES file.  Of
   particular note is that 1.3.29 addresses and fixes 1 potential
   security issue:

     o CAN-2003-0542 (cve.mitre.org)
       Fix buffer overflows in mod_alias and mod_rewrite which occurred if
       one configured a regular expression with more than 9 captures.

   We consider Apache 1.3.29 to be the best version of Apache 1.3 available
   and we strongly recommend that users of older versions, especially of
   the 1.1.x and 1.2.x family, upgrade as soon as possible.  No further
   releases will be made in the 1.2.x family.


SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-misc/apache 1.x upgrade:

emerge sync
emerge -pv apache
emerge '>=net-www/apache-1.3.29'
emerge clean
/etc/init.d/apache restart


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