MGASA-2014-0304

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MGASA-2014-0304

Summary: Updated apache package fixes security vulnerabilities

Details: A race condition flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, was found in the mod_status httpd module. A remote attacker able to access a status page served by mod_status on a server using a threaded Multi-Processing Module (MPM) could send a specially crafted request that would cause the httpd child process to crash or, possibly, allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the "apache" user (CVE-2014-0226). A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's mod_deflate module handled request body decompression (configured via the "DEFLATE" input filter). A remote attacker able to send a request whose body would be decompressed could use this flaw to consume an excessive amount of system memory and CPU on the target system (CVE-2014-0118). A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's mod_cgid module executed CGI scripts that did not read data from the standard input. A remote attacker could submit a specially crafted request that would cause the httpd child process to hang indefinitely (CVE-2014-0231).

References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0304.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13788, http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0921.html