SUSE Security Update: Security update for Apache2
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0323-1
Rating:             important
References:         #736706 #738855 #741243 #743743 
Cross-References:   CVE-2007-6750 CVE-2012-0031 CVE-2012-0053
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one
   errata is now available.

Description:


   This update of apache fixes regressions and several
   security problems:

   *

   bnc#741243, CVE-2012-0031: Fixed a scoreboard
   corruption (shared mem segment) by child causes crash of
   privileged parent (invalid free()) during shutdown.

   *

   bnc#743743,CVE-2012-0053: Fixed an issue in error
   responses that could expose "httpOnly" cookies when no
   custom ErrorDocument is specified for status code 400".

   *

   bnc#736706, the SSL configuration template suggested
   weak ciphers
   *

   bnc#738855,CVE-2007-6750: The "mod_reqtimeout" module
   was backported from Apache 2.2.21 to help mitigate the
   "Slowloris" Denial of Service attack.

   You need to enable the "mod_reqtimeout" module in
   your existing apache configuration to make it effective,
   e.g. in the APACHE_MODULES line in /etc/sysconfig/apache2.

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2012-0031
   
   * CVE-2012-0053
   
   * CVE-2007-6750
   



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      apache2-2.2.3-16.44.1
      apache2-devel-2.2.3-16.44.1
      apache2-doc-2.2.3-16.44.1
      apache2-example-pages-2.2.3-16.44.1
      apache2-prefork-2.2.3-16.44.1
      apache2-worker-2.2.3-16.44.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      apache2-2.2.3-16.44.1
      apache2-devel-2.2.3-16.44.1
      apache2-doc-2.2.3-16.44.1
      apache2-example-pages-2.2.3-16.44.1
      apache2-prefork-2.2.3-16.44.1
      apache2-worker-2.2.3-16.44.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6750.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0031.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0053.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/736706
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/738855
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/741243
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/743743
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login