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SciLinux: SLSA-2017-2882-1 Moderate: httpd Use-After-Free Risk

Calendar Oct 11, 2017 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory moderate remote attack httpd use-after-free SL7
A use-after-free flaw was found in the way httpd handled invalid and previously unregistered HTTP methods specified in the Limit directive used in an .htaccess file. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to disclose portions of the server memory, or cause httpd child process to crash. (CVE-2017-9798) SL7 x86_64 httpd-2.4.6-67.el7_4.5.x86_64.rpm httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-67.el7_ [More...] 
Synopsis:          Moderate: httpd security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:2882-1
Issue Date:        2017-10-11
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-9798
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Security Fix(es):

* A use-after-free flaw was found in the way httpd handled invalid and
previously unregistered HTTP methods specified in the Limit directive used
in an .htaccess file. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to
disclose portions of the server memory, or cause httpd child process to
crash. (CVE-2017-9798)
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SL7
  x86_64
    httpd-2.4.6-67.el7_4.5.x86_64.rpm
    httpd-debuginfo-2.4.6-67.el7_4.5.x86_64.rpm
    httpd-devel-2.4.6-67.el7_4.5.x86_64.rpm
    httpd-tools-2.4.6-67.el7_4.5.x86_64.rpm
    mod_ldap-2.4.6-67.el7_4.5.x86_64.rpm
    mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-67.el7_4.5.x86_64.rpm
    mod_session-2.4.6-67.el7_4.5.x86_64.rpm
    mod_ssl-2.4.6-67.el7_4.5.x86_64.rpm
  noarch
    httpd-manual-2.4.6-67.el7_4.5.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team