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Red Hat update for httpd
Secunia Advisory: SA25830
Release Date: 2007-06-28
Last Update: 2007-07-13
Popularity: 7,058 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5752
CVE-2007-1863
CVE-2007-3304


Description:
Red Hat has issued updates for httpd. These fix vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

1) An error in the mod_status module can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

For more information:
SA25827

2) An error in the Multi-Processing Module (MPM) can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA25827

3) An error in the mod_cache module in the handling of Cache-Control headers can be exploited to crash the child process via specially crafted requests. This could lead to a DoS if using a threaded Multi-Processing Module.

Solution:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

Changelog:
2007-07-13: Red Hat released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, WS, and ES version 3 and 4.

Original Advisory:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0556.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0534.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0533.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0662.html

Other References:
SA25827:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25827/


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