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Slackware 14.0: 2013-067-02 Urgent: Httpd Vulnerability Patch Applied

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2013
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Slackware's httpd update resolves severe XSS vulnerabilities; package enhancements ready for multiple versions.
New httpd packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/httpd-2.4.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update provides bugfixes and enhancements. Two security issues are fixed: * Various XSS flaws due to unescaped hostnames and URIs HTML output in mod_info, mod_status, mod_imagemap, mod_ldap, and mod_proxy_ftp. [Jim Jagielski, Stefan Fritsch, Niels Heinen ] * XSS in mod_proxy_balancer manager interface. [Jim Jagielski, Niels Heinen ] For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3499 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4558 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical httpd slackware package upgrade xss flaw

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 12.1 package: cdc26999b5fd2787f1eaef285dad47bc httpd-2.2.24-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: 7671b12ad7b163c1aba0fb7278349c0d httpd-2.2.24-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: 5ca815faf37f28c2e365f47643d7b9a4 httpd-2.2.24-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 715fa297d5451dafdbe1b296565b3a08 httpd-2.2.24-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 4246568ea7eada4c3c4dc6bd95464784 httpd-2.2.24-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 2ee64f87af8563132fccfe53e9f0f4c9 httpd-2.2.24-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 252c123e2a3c03aff1aa2112050de945 httpd-2.2.24-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 9a5fcc681c89c131478910d999e25170 httpd-2.2.24-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 32d6ffa35ea58aaf4d9e325b857c4e11 httpd-2.4.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 889197760474094bce962f900f5258b1 httpd-2.4.4-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package: ae7a5606e6ec97ec74ab64bf7cde5c03 n/httpd-2.4.4-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 09c32bd3fef0741e0743c0590e72f9d2 n/httpd-2.4.4-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical httpd slackware package upgrade xss flaw

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg httpd-2.4.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Then, restart Apache httpd: # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start

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