USN-1199-1: Apache vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 11.04
• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

• apache2 - Apache HTTP server

Details

A flaw was discovered in the byterange filter in Apache. A remote attacker
could exploit this to cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04

• apache2-mpm-worker - 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.21
• apache2-mpm-event - 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.21
• apache2-mpm-prefork - 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.21
• apache2-mpm-perchild - 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.21

Ubuntu 11.04

• apache2.2-bin - 2.2.17-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 10.10

• apache2.2-bin - 2.2.16-1ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 10.04

• apache2.2-bin - 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2011-3192