Slackware 14.2: 2016-358-01 Critical: Httpd DoS Security Fix

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/httpd-2.4.25-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes the following security issues: * CVE-2016-8740: mod_http2: Mitigate DoS memory exhaustion via endless CONTINUATION frames. * CVE-2016-5387: core: Mitigate [f]cgi "httpoxy" issues. * CVE-2016-2161: mod_auth_digest: Prevent segfaults during client entry allocation when the shared memory space is exhausted. * CVE-2016-0736: mod_session_crypto: Authenticate the session data/cookie with a MAC (SipHash) to prevent deciphering or tampering with a padding oracle attack. * CVE-2016-8743: Enforce HTTP request grammar corresponding to RFC7230 for request lines and request headers, to prevent response splitting and cache pollution by malicious clients or downstream proxies. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8740 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5387