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[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:
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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:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0228
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0253
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3183
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3185
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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 Slackware x86_64 -current:


MD5 signatures:
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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:
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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


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