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Debian 4.0 Etch DSA-1810-1 Critical: mod_jk Information Leak Fixed

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Calendar Grey June 2, 2009
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A security vulnerability identified in libapache-mod-jk has been addressed. It is advised to upgrade affected systems.
An information disclosure flaw was found in mod_jk, the Tomcat Connector module for Apache

Summary

An information disclosure flaw was found in mod_jk, the Tomcat Connector
module for Apache. If a buggy client included the "Content-Length" header
without providing request body data, or if a client sent repeated
equests very quickly, one client could obtain a response intended for
another client.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:1.2.26-2+lenny1.

The oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:1.2.18-3etch2.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.2.26-2.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libapache-mod-jk packages.

Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected...

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Package: libapache-mod-jk
CVE ID: CVE-2008-5519

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