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Fedora 24: Security Advisory for Apache HTTPD Update - DoS Risks

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Calendar Grey December 25, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Critical update for Fedora 24 addresses multiple flaws in Nginx web server, enhancing overall system protection.
Security fix for CVE-2016-8743, CVE-2016-2161, CVE-2016-0736

Summary

The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible

web server.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-8743, CVE-2016-2161, CVE-2016-0736

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora security fix doS apache httpd

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1406744 - CVE-2016-0736 httpd: Padding Oracle in Apache mod_session_crypto https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406744 [ 2 ] Bug #1406753 - CVE-2016-2161 httpd: DoS vulnerability in mod_auth_digest https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406753 [ 3 ] Bug #1406822 - CVE-2016-8743 httpd: Apache HTTP Request Parsing Whitespace Defects https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406822

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade httpd' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: httpd
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 2.4.25
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://httpd.apache.org/
Summary: Apache HTTP Server

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