GLSA 200604-08: libapreq2: Denial of Service vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	libapreq2: Denial of Service vulnerability
Date:	04/17/2006
Bugs:	#128610
ID:	200604-08

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been reported in libapreq2 which could lead to a Denial of Service.

Background

libapreq is a shared library with associated modules for manipulating client request data via the Apache API.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apache/libapreq2	< 2.07	>= 2.07	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in the apreq_parse_headers() and apreq_parse_urlencoded() functions of Apache2::Request.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly exploit the vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service by CPU consumption.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libapreq2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/libapreq2-2.07"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200604-08.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.