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Slackware 14.0 Security Update 2015-198-01 Moderate: Httpd Threat Fix

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] httpd (SSA:2015-198-01) New httpd packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/httpd-2.4.16-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes the following security issues: * CVE-2015-0253: Fix a crash with ErrorDocument 400 pointing to a local URL-path with the INCLUDES filter active, introduced in 2.4.11. * CVE-2015-0228: mod_lua: A maliciously crafted websockets PING after a script calls r:wsupgrade() can cause a child process crash. * CVE-2015-3183: core: Fix chunk header parsing defect. Remove apr_brigade_flatten(), buffering and duplicated code from the HTTP_IN filter, parse chunks in a single pass with zero copy. Limit accepted chunk-size to 2^63-1 and be strict about chunk-ext authorized characters. * CVE-2015-3185: Replacement of ap_some_auth_required (unusable in Apache httpd 2.4) with new ap_some_authn_required and ap_force_authn hook. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0228 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0253 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3183 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3185 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the 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 14.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: Updated package for Slackware 14.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackwarex86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.0 package: d78c9925e69ba6ce14d67fb67245981b httpd-2.4.16-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 1370e3c7e135bf07b65e73049099a942 httpd-2.4.16-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: ea116c45bba8c80f59cfe0394a8f87fa httpd-2.4.16-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 8b5b1caa1fa203b07b529f77834fac16 httpd-2.4.16-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware -current package: 01ccb961f17bd14c1d157892af4c9f1d n/httpd-2.4.16-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 70a6644de3585007861e57cf08608843 n/httpd-2.4.16-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg httpd-2.4.16-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Then, restart Apache httpd: # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start +-----+ . Critical security patches for httpd on Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current are essential for protecting your server and mitigating vulnerabilities. httpd Security, Slackware Update, Package Protection. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 17, 2015 Slackware