USN-908-1: Apache vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• apache2 -

Details

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)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10

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

Ubuntu 9.04

• apache2.2-common - 2.2.11-2ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 8.10

• apache2.2-common - 2.2.9-7ubuntu3.6

Ubuntu 8.04

• apache2.2-common - 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.15

Ubuntu 6.06

• apache2-common - 2.0.55-4ubuntu2.10

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2010-0408
• CVE-2010-0434