USN-1021-1: Apache vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• apache2 -

Details

It was discovered that Apache's mod_cache and mod_dav modules incorrectly
handled requests that lacked a path. A remote attacker could exploit this
with a crafted request and cause a denial of service. This issue affected
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-1452)

It was discovered that Apache did not properly handle memory when
destroying APR buckets. A remote attacker could exploit this with crafted
requests and cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion. This issue
affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 10.10. (CVE-2010-1623)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10

• apache2.2-common - 2.2.12-1ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 8.04

• apache2.2-common - 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.19

Ubuntu 6.06

• apache2-common - 2.0.55-4ubuntu2.12

Ubuntu 10.10

• apache2.2-common - 2.2.16-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• apache2.2-common - 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.4

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

References

• CVE-2010-1452
• CVE-2010-1623

Related notices

• USN-1022-1