USN-908-1: Apache vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-908-1 March 10, 2010
apache2 vulnerabilities
CVE-2010-0408, CVE-2010-0434
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 9.04
Ubuntu 9.10
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
apache2-common 2.0.55-4ubuntu2.10
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
apache2.2-common 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.15
Ubuntu 8.10:
apache2.2-common 2.2.9-7ubuntu3.6
Ubuntu 9.04:
apache2.2-common 2.2.11-2ubuntu2.6
Ubuntu 9.10:
apache2.2-common 2.2.12-1ubuntu2.2
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
Details follow:
It was discovered that mod_proxy_ajp did not properly handle errors when
a client doesn’t send a request body. A remote attacker could exploit this
with a crafted request and cause a denial of service. This issue affected
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10. (CVE-2010-0408)
It was discovered that Apache did not properly handle headers in
subrequests under certain conditions. A remote attacker could exploit this
with a crafted request and possibly obtain sensitive information from
previous requests. (CVE-2010-0434)
