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USN-908-1: Apache vulnerabilities

10 March 2010

Apache vulnerabilities

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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)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 9.04
Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 6.06

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