| Summary: | <www-servers/apache-{2.2.31, 2.4.20}: IP address spoofing in mod_remoteip | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Security | Reporter: | Agostino Sarubbo <ago> |
| Component: | Vulnerabilities | Assignee: | Gentoo Security <security> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | minor | CC: | polynomial-c |
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181697 | ||
| Whiteboard: | B3 [glsa] | ||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
2.4 versions in the tree are solved and 2.2.x is not affected by this Added to existing GLSA. This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201610-02 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-02 by GLSA coordinator Kristian Fiskerstrand (K_F). |
From ${URL} : It was reported [1] that mod_remoteip does not properly filter the IP addresses supplied in HTTP headers, which can allow a remote attacker to hide his real IP address, or bypass IP based restrictions. This issue is fixed upstream: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1564052 Additional information can be found at the below bugreports: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54651 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179306 [1]: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-users/201210.mbox/%3cCAHa2qaJSW7Hvk68grWMbbiFSA=zAxQ1nr_-A-K-pDWbAB0Gd1Q@mail.gmail.com%3e @maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.