Scientific Linux: SLSA-2014:0370-1 Moderate: httpd Remote Code Execution

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 18:31:00 +0000
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From: Bonnie King 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: httpd on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Moderate: httpd security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2014:0370-1
Issue Date: 2014-04-03
CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-6438
 CVE-2014-0098
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It was found that the mod_dav module did not correctly strip leading white
space from certain elements in a parsed XML. In certain httpd
configurations that use the mod_dav module (for example when using the
mod_dav_svn module), a remote attacker could send a specially crafted DAV
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-2013-6438)

A buffer over-read flaw was found in the httpd mod_log_config module. In
configurations where cookie logging is enabled (on Scientific Linux it is
disabled by default), a remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the
httpd child process via an HTTP request with a malformed cookie header.
(CVE-2014-0098)

After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon will be restarted
automatically.
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SL6
 x86_64
 httpd-2.2.15-30.sl6.x86_64.rpm
 httpd-devel-2.2.15-30.sl6.i686.rpm
 httpd-devel-2.2.15-30.sl6.x86_64.rpm
 httpd-manual-2.2.15-30.sl6.noarch.rpm
 httpd-tools-2.2.15-30.sl6.x86_64.rpm
 mod_ssl-2.2.15-30.sl6.x86_64.rpm
 httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-30.sl6.i686.rpm
 httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-30.sl6.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 httpd-2.2.15-30.sl6.i686.rpm
 httpd-devel-2.2.15-30.sl6.i686.rpm
 httpd-manual-2.2.15-30.sl6.noarch.rpm
 httpd-tools-2.2.15-30.sl6.i686.rpm
 mod_ssl-2.2.15-30.sl6.i686.rpm
 httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-30.sl6.i686.rpm
 noarch
 httpd-manual-2.2.15-30.sl6.noarch.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team