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Gentoo: GLSA 200406-05 High: mod_ssl Buffer Overflow Risk

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Gentoo Linux Advisory GLSA 202310-12 identifies a critical vulnerability in libxml2 that could lead to remote code execution in extensive XML processing functions.
A bug in mod_ssl may allow a remote attacker to execute remote code when Apache is configured a certain way.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200406-05
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: High
     Title: Apache: Buffer overflow in mod_ssl
      Date: June 09, 2004
      Bugs: #51368
        ID: 200406-05


Synopsis
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A bug in mod_ssl may allow a remote attacker to execute remote code
when Apache is configured a certain way.

Background
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Apache is the most popular Web server on the Internet. mod_ssl provides
Secure Sockets Layer encryption and authentication to Apache 1.3.
Apache 2 contains the functionality of mod_ssl.

Affected packages
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